Date/Time
Date - 10/28/2016
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location
Plymouth Long Beach - Main Public Beach
POSTPONED to 11/2. Click here to register.
Join expert birder Soheil Zendeh and Goldenrod program manager Dorie Stolley on Friday, October 28 for a taste of Long Beach’s autumnal birds and beauty. This three-mile long barrier spit is a hotspot for birds due to its location, natural areas and low disturbance levels. We might see yellowlegs, sanderling, dunlin, black-bellied plover, snow bunting, horned lark Northern gannet, brant, surf, black and white-winged scoter, red-throated and common loon, common eider, long-tailed duck, peregrine falcon, merlin, northern harrier and much more. Check out this page on eBird to see what October might hold in terms of species.
Soheil Zendeh
Soheil has been an avid birder and natural history observer since the early 1970s. He co-founded Take a Second Look, a monitoring program for winter birds of Boston Harbor that ran for 35 years. Soheil also co-founded Friends of Belle Isle Marsh and maintains the web site for Nuttall Ornithological Club of Cambridge.
Dorie Stolley
Dorie runs educational programs, children’s nature discovery activities and birding trips for Goldenrod. She worked as a wildlife biologist for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for 12 years in Texas, Virginia and Rhode Island and is particularly fond of shorebirds and sea ducks.
Participants will meet at the Long Beach parking lot and carpool out to the Goldenrod field station, stopping along the way for views of sea ducks. From the field station, we will walk two and a half miles on the wilder northern half of the spit in search of birds. We will return to the parking lot by noon.
Common Eiders – one of several species of sea duck we might see.
Bring binoculars, water and lunch or a substantial snack. Dress in layers. It can be cold and windy on the beach, so bring a lot more clothing than you think you will need, including rain pants or something similar to block the wind. Hats and gloves are recommended. Bring a spotting scope if you like; we will have two to share.
Sign up below. Fee is $20 for the general public and $10 for volunteer Beach Ambassadors.