When we arrived at Settlers’ Rock at 9 a.m. on December 26, hopes for a robust species count on this 100th Community Bird Census (CBC) since Elizabeth Dickens’s first effort
As January comes to an end, we find ourselves in another season: mid-winter. So far it’s been a mild winter, without any of our regular winter diversions. True, it is nice not to have to be worrying about plowing out driveways, or the inevitable.
On December 26, there was a small but hardy gathering of walkers and birders starting the day’s observations for the Community Bird Census (CBC). Following the first – mostly – white Christmas in years, the weather stayed cold and crisp: 20F plus-or.
Tundra swan, bald eagle, snowy owl: charismatic megafauna. All of these species have been seen on Block Island in the last week. Although I do hope there are sightings of these on December 26 – the day of the upcoming Community Bird Census – I.
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