During our travels in and around Salisbury and Newburyport we did well at finding the usual suspects of winter species, having nice looks at Surf, White-winged and Black Scoters, Long-tailed Ducks, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye and Red-breasted Mergansers. The focus of this winter trip is to find a few of the winter specialties that make their way to the Massachusetts coast most years. Our weekend began in the Salisbury, Newburyport area (Plum Island included) on Saturday and Cape Ann (Gloucester/Rockport) on Sunday. This year we had decent weather for our trip and trust me that is not always the case with these winter classes. However, we were able to get in a couple of classes in February before the pandemic kicked in and we had to get a little creative at the end of May when things started opening up again.Īs mentioned, the class begins in February and the first trip is usually a weekend trip to the north shore region of Massachusetts. But wait, didn’t everything get cancelled due to the pandemic? It did, the birding class was forced to shut down just like every other program, events, schools, and business across North America this spring.
I thought today I would take a look back on the Hitchcock Center’s Spring Birding Class of 2020. This is when a few southbound shorebirds from the arctic starting showing up along coastal beaches.
#LITTLE BIG PLANET 3 SPRINGIT FULL#
Well, June is now in the rear-view mirror, spring migration is over, breeding season is in full swing and (wait for it) fall migration starts to show itself in a small way around July 4th.
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