A weekend full of birding is looming near!!! WOO-HOO!!

Man oh man, what an exciting weekend this is going to be! First up is this years 2010 MAS Bird-a-thon! I am on Team Drumlin Farm, though a part of a small group that makes up the larger whole. I will be accompanying Pamela Sowizral (Volunteer Coordinator at Drumlin Farm), Mary Brogran, and Bruce Black.

We will be starting out by meeting up at the Ed. Center of Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary by 4:45 pm. From my understanding, Bruce is driving both Friday evening and on Saturday, at least that is where it stands right now. Our first stop will be Revere Beach to see if we can get on the Manx Shearwaters in the area, and if we are lucky, the Forster's Tern will still be in the area. Then we are going to head into East Boston to catch a glance at the nesting colony of Monk Parakeets, and whatever else is in the vicinity. Then, on our way back, we figure to stop by Great Meadows NWR, Concord Unit to chance upon Common Nighthawks and listen for rails (most likely Virginia Rails, if any around). Hopefully the Pied-billed Grebe and Common Moorhen will still be around before it is too dark. We should still have some daylight left to us until about 8:30 pm.

Saturday will be quite the whirlwind! It has not been decided what time we'll all be meeting up, but I wager wicked early in the morn, say 6 am or earlier! We should be meeting up at Pam's residence in Bolton, MA. From there, we'll be making stops at Bolton Flats WMA, Oxbow NWR, the grassy fields in North Devens, the Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsborough State Forest for the Red-headed Woodpeckers and lastly, Assabet River NWR (hopefully the Northern Goshawk will still be kicking around). What a day it shall be! No matter how many birds we all get upon, it is going to be exciting and fun, and I am hoping we all can obtain a few more Life birds while we are at it!

On Sunday, it sounds like I will be meeting up with my good buddy and friend Kirk Marshall to check out Wompatuck State Park in Hingham, MA to see if we can chance upon the Cerulean Warbler that has been in the area recently as well as Red-eyed Vireos! Man, I wager I am going to be exhausted once all is said and done, but it will be so worth it!!