What's New in the latest BBC Blue Book
- The BBC on Twitter
- '09 Pelagics
- 2008 Statistical Report
- Support Habitat Conservation
- Common Pasture Platform Dedicated
The trip schedule for July and August is now online. One trip not in the Blue Book (the Hawaiian Shirt Shorebird Safari) is included. Blue books are on the way but may be late, but there are no trips until July 11.
Follow the BBC on Twitter
The BBC is now active on Twitter. We are using the service to send out trip and meeting reminders and to provide updates on rare birds. Follow @BBCBirds!
If you have suggestions on other ways the club can use Twitter and other web services, contact the webmaster.
2008 Statistical Report
The 2008 Statistical Report is now online. Highlights include 306 species, 190 trips, and individual lists reaching 326.
2009 Pelagic Schedule Announced
Two all day pelagics and a special overnight trip are scheduled for 2009. Day trips in July and an overnight trip in August will go to the deep waters near Hydrographer's Canyon. And in November, we will return to Nantucket Shoals. All sorts of great birds have been seen in the past few years and this year should be no different. See the schedule and read the details about the Hydrographer's Canyon and Nantucket Shoals trips.
Common Pasture Viewing Platform Dedicated in Memory of Larry Jodrey and Jerry Soucy
A new viewing platform at the Common Pastures on Scotland Road in Newbury provided by the Essex County Greenbelt Association was dedicated in memory of the Honorable H. Lawrence Jodrey and Gerald Soucy on Sunday, November 2, 2008. See More
Support Habitat Conservation: Buy A Duck Stamp
Do you know what the Federal Duck Stamp buys you besides free admission into Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and other NWRs across the country? It buys you - and the bird, mammal, amphibian, and other species that use it - habitat. Ninety-eight cents out of every dollar generated by sales of the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp or "Duck Stamp" goes directly to purchasing or leasing wetland habitat for protection in the NWR system. Created in 1934 as a federal license for hunting migratory waterfowl, the Duck Stamp has become an important tool in wetland conservation. A given year's stamp is good from July 1 to June 30. You can purchase one at Parker River NWR, your local post office, and even online. For more information, visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service website.