Bird Blogger/Twitterer/Chirper Field Trip - update 1

Wow - that is a lot to write. I think for future updates, I am going to abbreviate it to the "BTC MA Birding trip" Yes I know, not very original, but I'm welcome to suggestions if you have any.

So we have decided on a location for our field trip on June 13th. What field trip you ask? Why you obviously don't follow my blog or twitter stream, do you? That's OK, I don't blame you. But to bring you up to speed a little bit, check out this post from last week. It's ok, I'll wait for you, go ahead....


Great, you're back. Sound like fun? Excellent. Here are a few more details.

We've decided that we will take advantage of one of our "local" hotspots, the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge - aka "Plum Island." The plan is to start as early as possible/reasonable for all those that will be joining us in order to avoid some of the crowds that will inevitably be working their way across the refuge to reach the state beach at the south end. There are a number of advantages of doing so, least of which is the variety of birds on the refuge, and ample opportunities for photography and sketching. Also, it is only about a half hour from where the Mississippi Kites nested in NH last year (and they have already been spotted again this year).

For those that are traveling from further afield and wanting to make a full weekend out of it, I am thinking that we can also maybe have an "extension" on Sunday morning to go to Mount Auburn Cemetery. Again, we can see what people are interested in.

There has already been some great interest expressed from quite a few bird and nature bloggers, twitterers, and chirptrackers including:
Behind the Bins
Birdspot
Birding Girl
Birding Maine Blog
Brewster's Linnet
The Curious Birder
The Interstitial Spaces
Nature Potpourri
A New England Life
Plover Warden Diaries

And of course, the woman with the idea: Dawn's Bloggy Blog

I'm not sure yet that everybody on the above list can make it (although we certainly hope so) but we do have a few definite "yeses" in there.

Finally, if you are interested, and haven't contacted us yet, please let us know. We'd love to have you join us. You can let either Dawn or myself know via e-mail, blog comment, or on Twitter.