Any birders out there?

[Van]

Originally Posted by thefishingfreak

birds are kool. specially when you get way offshore.
shearwaters, petrels, gannets, and the like. had a yellow parakeet lounge on my boat for a whole afternoon 60 miles out one day. he layed down and took a nap on the windshield wiper.

My daughter works at duck tours. A yellow parakeet landed on a duckboat in the charles and stayed on the Capt's shoulder through the whole tour. My daughter picked it and and she (the parakeet) now lives at my house !!!! Her name is norma named after the boat "Northend Norma" !!!!!!

I wonder if it was Norma that landed on your boat ????


SORRY for hyjacking your thread,
I've had seagulls sitting on my outboard looking at bait in the splash well while I was underway......

[chipwood]

There's a couple of Ospreys at Little Allens Harbor nesting in the big light posts at NORAD. There's also some Plovers running all over the place down there. Don't tell the green police. A couple of weeks ago while squidding there was a Night Heron down on the docks for a few nights. A few years ago I got 5 feet from a Night Heron at Block Island in Old Harbor down on the lobster docks. It's a pretty big bird and pretty mean looking. I saw it there every night I went down there. It let you get pretty close. Two years ago I saw a Bald Eagle going over the Sakonnet Bridge but I have'nt seen one since. Anyone see one over there?

[Navy Chief]

Spence

I'm a bird watcher. I was down at the Naval Station today and saw a pair of Ospreys building their nest in the mast of the USS Forrestal . Very cool.

[MakoMike]

Anyone know what kind of birds they are that land on all of the boats out at stellwagon. They are very dark on top with w bright yellow breast spattered with black spots?

[thefishingfreak]

those are migrating warblers.

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by Navy Chief

Spence

I'm a bird watcher. I was down at the Naval Station today and saw a pair of Ospreys building their nest in the mast of the USS Forrestal . Very cool.

The government will probably end up designating the Forrestal a bird sanctuary!

[sokinwet]

I love to look at birds; especiallly down the vent rib of my 20 gauge!

[Iwannakeeper]

The parakeet thing seems really cool to me. 60 miles off the coast of MA - amazing. I am sure your boat was a welcome refuge.

-IWK