The challenge has been made. Who will see more birds in 2008?
The BIMBOs (Birds In Metro Boston Only) or the PLUMs (Birds on Plum Island)?
Most birders are aware of the amazing birding opportunities at Plum Islandl, but many of those same birders don't realize that the same birds can be found right in their own neighborhoods!!! So stop by this page to see what birds have been added to the BIMBO list,.
- Whimbrel (255) - Bob Kelly - Boston Harbor Islands
- Yello-breasted Chat (254) - Andrew Birch - Winthrop
- White-rumped Sandpiper (253) - Sohel Zandeh - Point of Pines (8/3)
- Upland Sandpiper (252) - Norman Smith - Logan Airport (breeding success)
- Forester's Tern (251) - Glenn d'Entremont - Squantum
- Long-billed Dowitcher (250) - Andrew Birch - Revere Beach (questionable - will be deleted if no others are found!)
- Least Bittern (249) - Geoff Wood - Belle Isle
| Species................................................................................... |
| Snow Goose |
| Brant |
| Canada Goose |
| Mute Swan |
| Wood Duck |
| Gadwall |
| American Wigeon |
| American Black Duck |
| Mallard |
| Blue-winged Teal |
| Northern Shoveler |
| Northern Pintail |
| Green-winged Teal |
| Canvasback |
| Redhead |
| Ring-necked Duck |
| Greater Scaup |
| Lesser Scaup |
| Common Eider |
| Harlequin Duck |
| Surf Scoter |
| White-winged Scoter |
| Black Scoter |
| Long-tailed Duck |
| Bufflehead |
| Common Goldeneye |
| Barrow's Goldeneye |
| Hooded Merganser |
| Common Merganser |
| Red-breasted Merganser |
| Ruddy Duck |
| Ring-necked Pheasant |
| Wild Turkey |
| Red-throated Loon |
| Common Loon |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
| Horned Grebe |
| Eared Grebe |
| Red-necked Grebe |
| Manx Shearwater |
| Northern Gannet |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
| Great Cormorant |
| American Bittern |
| Least Bittern |
| Great Blue Heron |
| Great Egret |
| Snowy Egret |
| Green Heron |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
| Glossy Ibis |
| Turkey Vulture |
| Osprey |
| Bald Eagle |
| Northern Harrier |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
| Cooper's Hawk |
| Northern Goshawk |
| Red-shouldered Hawk |
| Broad-winged Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Rough-legged Hawk |
| American Kestrel |
| Merlin |
| Peregrine Falcon |
| Virginia Rail |
| Sora |
| American Coot |
| Black-bellied Plover |
| Semipalmated Plover |
| Piping Plover |
| Killdeer |
| Whimbrel |
| American Oystercatcher |
| Greater Yellowlegs |
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
| Solitary Sandpiper |
| Willet |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
| Upland Sandpiper |
Ruddy Turnstone |
| Sanderling |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
| Least Sandpiper |
| White-rumped Sandpiper |
| Pectoral Sandpiper |
| Purple Sandpiper |
| Dunlin |
| Short-billed Dowitcher |
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
| Wilson's Snipe |
| American Woodcock |
| Wilson's Phalarope |
| Laughing Gull |
| Bonaparte's Gull |
| Ring-billed Gull |
| Herring Gull |
| Iceland Gull |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull |
| Glaucous Gull |
| Great Black-backed Gull |
| Black-legged Kittiwake |
| Common Tern |
| Forster's Tern |
| Least Tern |
| Black Guillemot |
| Rock Pigeon |
| Mourning Dove |
| Black-billed Cuckoo |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
| Eastern Screech-Owl |
| Great Horned Owl |
| Snowy Owl |
| Barred Owl |
| Long-eared Owl |
| Short-eared Owl |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl |
| Common Nighthawk |
| Whip-poor-will |
| Chimney Swift |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| Belted Kingfisher |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker |
| Pileated Woodpecker |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
| Acadian Flycatcher |
| Alder Flycatcher |
| Willow Flycatcher |
| Least Flycatcher |
| Eastern Phoebe |
| Great Crested Flycatcher |
| Eastern Kingbird |
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher |
| Northern Shrike |
| White-eyed Vireo |
| Yellow-throated Vireo |
| Blue-headed Vireo |
| Warbling Vireo |
| Philadelphia Vireo |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
| Blue Jay |
| American Crow |
| Fish Crow |
| Common Raven |
| Horned Lark |
| Purple Martin |
| Tree Swallow |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
| Bank Swallow |
| Cliff Swallow |
| Barn Swallow |
| Black-capped Chickadee |
| Tufted Titmouse |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| White-breasted Nuthatch |
| Brown Creeper |
| Carolina Wren |
| House Wren |
| Winter Wren |
| Marsh Wren |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
| Eastern Bluebird |
| Veery |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush |
| Bicknell's Thrush |
| Swainson's Thrush |
| Hermit Thrush |
| Wood Thrush |
| American Robin |
| Gray Catbird |
| Northern Mockingbird |
| Brown Thrasher |
| European Starling |
| Cedar Waxwing |
| Bohemian Waxwing |
| Blue-winged Warbler |
| Tennessee Warbler |
| Orange-crowned Warbler |
| Nashville Warbler |
| Northern Parula |
| Yellow Warbler |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| Magnolia Warbler |
| Cape May Warbler |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Blackburnian Warbler |
| Pine Warbler |
| Prairie Warbler |
| Palm Warbler |
| Bay-breasted Warbler |
| Blackpoll Warbler |
| Cerulean Warbler |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
| American Redstart |
| Prothonotary Warbler |
| Worm-eating Warbler |
| Ovenbird |
| Northern Waterthrush |
| Louisiana Waterthrush |
| Mourning Warbler |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Hooded Warbler |
| Wilson's Warbler |
| Canada Warbler |
| Yellow-breasted Chat |
| Scarlet Tanager |
| Western Tanager |
| Summer Tanager |
| Eastern Towhee |
| American Tree Sparrow |
| Chipping Sparrow |
| Field Sparrow |
| Lark Sparrow |
| Savannah Sparrow |
| Grasshopper Sparrow |
| Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow |
| Seaside Sparrow |
| Fox Sparrow |
| Song Sparrow |
| Lincoln's Sparrow |
| Swamp Sparrow |
| White-throated Sparrow |
| White-crowned Sparrow |
| Dark-eyed Junco |
| Snow Bunting |
| Northern Cardinal |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| Blue Grosbeak |
| Indigo Bunting |
| Bobolink |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
| Eastern Meadowlark |
| Rusty Blackbird |
| Common Grackle |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Orchard Oriole |
| Baltimore Oriole |
| Purple Finch |
| House Finch |
| Common Redpoll |
| Hoary Redpoll |
| Pine Siskin |
| American Goldfinch |
| House Sparrow |
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