August Trips
Trip: Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary
Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 8:00 a. m., Morning
Leader: Glenn d'Entremont
Meeting:Parking area of DWWS, Marshfield
Notes: A leisurely walk looking for migrants.
September Trips
Trip: World's End - Hingham
Date: Saturday September 13, 2008, 8:00 a. m., morning
Leader: Helen Harris-Cross
Meeting:Parking area at World's End ($5 fee for non-trustees members)
Notes: A fun walk through picturesque trails looking for migrants and residents.
Trip: Fall Round-up Trip Results
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2008
Leader: Glenn d'Entremont
Meeting:Please contact coordinator for areas to cover and to join a team
Notes: Join the club for its long term survey of the South Shore.
You can make a difference, even if you can bird for a only a few hours,
but we know you want to bird all day!
Meet afterwards at South Shore Sanctuaries office in north Marshfield
for pizza and to tally with the other teams.
Trip: Great Pond, Randolph
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 5:30 p. m. Evening
Leader: Glenn d'Entremont
Meeting:Lantana parking area behind the Holiday Inn.
We will car pool and go to Great Pond where we hope to locate
dabbling and diving ducks. Caspian Tern a possibility as well as
shorebirds if water levels are low.
October Trips
Trip: Great Pond, Randolph
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 5:30 p. m. Evening
Leader: Glenn d'Entremont
Meeting:Lantana parking area behind the Holiday Inn.
We will car pool and go to Great Pond where we hope to locate
dabbling and diving ducks. Caspian Tern a possibility as well as
shorebirds if water levels are low.
Trip: Outer Cape Cod
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 7:00 a. m.
Leader: Glenn d'Entremont
Meeting:Commuter parking lot, Rt 3 side of Sagamore Bridge, behind the Dunkin Donuts
Originally designed for maximum sparrow species observation,
this trip has produced an enormous variety of coast birds
and fall migrants including shearwaters, rails (including yellow!),
warblers, and some 18 species of sparrows.
Trip: Mid-Cape Cod Community Gardens
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 8:00 a. m. morning
Leader: David Clapp
Meeting:Park & Ride at exit 10 on Route 6 (30 minutes from the Sagamore Bridge)
We will bird the mid-Cape community gardens;
Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Buntings, sparrows, Dickcissel
Trip: Cumberland Farm Fields-Middleborough/Halifax
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 8:00 a. m. Morning
Leader: Jim Sweeney
Meeting:Gate to road into north end of fields on River Street, Halifax
At this time of year, sparrows and their allies are migrating.
The fields have been a haven for these little brown jobs
as well as Dickcissel, Indigo Bunting, and Blue Grosbeak.
Trip: Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area
Date: Sunday, October 28, 2008, 8:00 a. m. Morning
Leader: Jim Sweeney
Meeting:Elm Street entrance, Halifax.
Waterfowl migration will be well underway and the nooks and crannies
of Burrage Pond's waters should be full of ducks and geese.
Walk the dikes with Jim.
November Trips
Trip: Falmouth & vicinity
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 8:00 a. m. Morning
Leader: David Clapp
Meeting:McDonalds on Route 28 about four miles from the Bourne Bridge
Notes: We will bird the Falmouth area looking for coastal arrivals
and good birds of the thickets- maybe a chat.
Trip: Plum Island & vicinity
Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 8:00 a. m.
Leader: Mike Emmons
Meeting:Lot 1 parking area, Plum Island, Newburyport
Notes: Late migrants, wintering ducks, and raptors.
Trip: Lakeville Ponds
Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 8:00 a. m. Morning
Leader: Jim Sweeney
Meeting:Dunkin Donuts parking area, Rt 18 in Lakeville, just north of the ponds
Notes: Waterfowl & eagles should be settling in for the winter
or just moving through.
Trip: Ducks of Straits Pond-Cohasset
Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 8:00 a. m. Morning
Leader: Sally Avery
Meeting:Meet at east end where Jeruselum Road and Atlantic Avenue intersect (Black Rock Beach)
Notes: Lingering waterfowl and bay ducks plus other coastal birds
Trip: Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary
Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 8:00 a. m. Morning
Leader: Tim O'Neil
Meeting:Parking area of DWWS, Marshfield
Notes: Prime time for arriving raptors and maybe a shrike.
Trip: Scituate coast
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 8:00 a. m. Morning
Leader: Charlie Nims
Meeting:Stop & Shop parking lot, Rt 3A, Cohasset
Notes: Wintering waterfowl settling in.
This is the time of year for "reverse" migrants; those southwestern waifs.
Trip: Great Pond, Randolph
Date: Sunday, November 23, 2008, 8:00 a. m. Morning
Leader: Vin Zollo
Meeting:Lantana parking area behind the Holiday Inn.
Notes: We will car pool and go to Great Pond where we hope to locate
dabbling and diving ducks. Snow Buntings and early winter finches possible.
Trip: Leader's Choice-South of Boston
Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008
Leader: Glenn d'Entremont
Meeting:Call leader for meeting time and place.
Notes: Glenn will look at the recent bird sightings and choose a venue.
This is a good time to look for early wintering birds and lingerers.
December Trips
Trip: Sandwich and Falmouth
Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 8:00 a. m.
Leader: Joe Kenneally
Meeting:First Dunkin Donuts 2 miles south of the Bourne Bridge on Route 28 in Falmouth
Notes: Search the coast for Barrow's Goldeneye and King Eider
and the thickets for chats, lingerers and other dickey birds.
Christmas Counts
Call leaders for assignments
Quincy: Saturday, December 20, 2008
Glenn d'Entremont
Marshfield: Saturday, December 27, 2008
Sue McCallum
Plymouth: Call for an exact date.
Trevor Lloyd-Evans
Taunton: Sunday, December 28, 2008
Jim Sweeney
January Trips
Trip: Buzzards Bay
Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 8:00 a. m.
Leader: Kathleen Anderson
Meeting:Benny's parking area, Rt 6, Wareham
Notes: A look for wintering birds such as ducks, loons, grebes,
and other ocean birds as well as semi-hardy lingerers
like Hermit Thrush, Gray Catbird, and Eastern Towhee.
Trip: Outer Cape Cod
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 8:00 a. m.
Leader: Wayne Petersen
Meeting:Commuter parking lot, Rt 3 side of Sagamore Bridge, now behind the Dunkin Donuts.
Call ahead if the forecast is foreboding.
Notes: Traditionally called the "Death March", the Race Point walk can be challenging,
but rewards may include alcids, loons, white-winged gulls, seals, and maybe a coconut.
Trip: Members Night, Potluck Supper & Annual Meeting
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 6:00 p. m.
Meeting:First Parish Unitarian Church Hall, 24 River Street, Norwell
Notes: Please bring your favorite main dish, salad or desert.
Bring your electronic images to show during the members year in review,
always a highlight. If you have never attended, this evening is quite entertaining.
Think about bringing a guest!
Trip: Plymouth
Date: Sunday, January 18, 2009, 9:00 a. m.
Leader: Jim Sweeney
Meeting:Exit 5 rest stop, Rt 3
Notes: A search for the area's ducks and other wintering water birds.
Trip: North Quabbin
Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009
Leader: Ernie LeBlanc
Meeting:Call for meeting time & place.
Notes: Ernie will scout and the trip will go to places
in the north Quabbin area with the most potential.
Will look for wintering birds and winter finches.
Trip: Plum Island & vicinity
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009, 8:00 a. m.
Leader: Mike Emmons
Meeting:Lot 1 parking area, Plum Island, Newburyport
Notes: Join Mike as he searches for Snowy Owls, raptors, and shrikes,
looking for those birds which dwell here in the dead of winter.
February Trips
Trip: Gloucester and Rockport
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 8:30 a. m.
Leader: Joe Kenneally
Meeting:Friendly's, Route 128 rotary, Gloucester.
Notes: Scan the rocky coastline for sea ducks, guillemots and maybe a puffin.
Trip: Scituate to Plymouth
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 7:30 a. m.
Leader: Glenn d'Entremont
Meeting:Stop & Shop parking lot, Route 139 at Route 3, Pembroke
Notes: A full day of exploring the thickets in Marshfield,
then the coast from Scituate south to Plymouth
to check out the ponds for wintering ducks,
then ending the day standing on Fox Hill at DWWS for owls.
70 species is possible and who's left at the end of the day can tally over dinner.
Trip: Southeastern MA
Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 8:30 a. m.
Leader: Wayne Petersen
Meeting:In front of McDonald's at the Campus Plaza
on Rt. 18 in Bridgewater Center
Notes: Farms, Fields, and Forests: Exploring Late Winter Bird Life-February weather is highly variable:
sometimes snowy, sometimes not; sometimes cold, sometimes mild.
We will investigate a variety of South Shore habitats
in an effort to see what species survived the winter,
along with seeking signs of the vanguard of spring of spring migration.
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