As early as Monday the 21st, birders began making noises about the weekend’s forecast. If the upcoming cyclone played out the way it looked like it might, Cape Cod could be in for some spectacular storm birding. While in the end this nor’easter didn’t quite hit Massachusetts in the same way early forecasts made it […]
Birders in Massachusetts and New England have been anticipating a first record of Limpkin for years as nearby states and provinces have seen increasing visits from this southeastern specialty. On Sunday, it finally happened when Jess Maguire discovered one wandering around a residential neighborhood in Scituate. Word spread quickly via GroupMe, Discord and eBird and […]
In 2024, periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.) made headlines. A massive emergence occurred in the Midwest and southeastern United States when two broods (Brood XIII and XIX) lined up with one another and emerged in the same summer. Periodical cicada broods emerge on 17 or 13-year cycles, depending on the species, and in 2024 a 17-year […]