Plum Island Birdwatching

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Name: Plum Island Birdwatching
Date: September 29, 2019
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Website: https://openworldexplorers.com
Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow
Event Description:

Plum Island National Wildlife Refuge is a US Top 100 birding site. Its coastal marshes with vegetated dunes provide diverse habitats that support a rich diversity of birds year-round. Ocean viewing allows near-shore and occassionally off-shore pelagics to be seen. Sandy beaches support migrant and overwintering shorebirds, including breeding Piping Plovers. Leeside of the dunes support some mature stands of woody vegetation that serve as migrant traps and an extensive estuarine spartina marsh system. In Winter, Snowy Owls and offshore wintering waterbirds, including loons, grebes, gulls, and seaducks are regular.

Meet Up - Unless otherwise determined, this tour begins at the Parker River NWR Visitor's Center at 6 Plum Island TPK, Newburyport, MA.

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Plum Island National Wildlife Refuge is a US Top 100 birding site. Its coastal marshes with vegetated dunes provide diverse habitats that support a rich diversity of birds year-round. Ocean viewing allows near-shore and occassionally off-shore pelagics to be seen. Sandy beaches support migrant and overwintering shorebirds, including breeding Piping Plovers. Leeside of the dunes support some mature stands of woody vegetation that serve as migrant traps and an extensive estuarine spartina marsh system. In Winter, Snowy Owls and offshore wintering waterbirds, including loons, grebes, gulls, and seaducks are regular.

Meet Up - Unless otherwise determined, this tour begins at the Parker River NWR Visitor's Center at 6 Plum Island TPK, Newburyport, MA.

Date/Time Information:

Sunday Nov. 29 @8am (or you can choose a time that works for your party).

Contact Information:
Steve Hale
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Fees/Admission:

Focus: New England Coastal Birds, Spring and Fall Migrants, Winter Birds

Season: Available Year-round

Hike: None; some walking to beach, on short trails and boardwalks

Time: 2-8 hours

Size: up to 8 persons

Fee: $59 per Adult per 2 hour block (Youth 10-15yo half-price); book multiple blocks to extend your birding day

?Private: $89 per person per 2 hour block; book additional blocks (@$80pp) to extend your birding day

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