An irruption is a dramatic increase in bird populations in places where they aren’t usually recorded. Cape Cod Weekly Wildlife Sightings is sponsored by the Bird Watchers General Store in Orleans and Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. To filter by Species, use the menu at left. The owl is listed as a species of Special Concern in Massachusetts. If you want to report a sighting, or have questions about these sightings, call Wellfleet Bay at 508-349-2615 or send an email to [email protected].. This information is only as complete as the reports received. Recent Bird Sightings from Plum Island. One of the most interesting and iconic winter visitors in Massachusetts is the snowy owl. Below are the sightings from the last several weeks in Eastern Massachusetts. Zoom in to determine specific locations. To filter by Property, use the dropdown list below. And remember: You can always go out and try to find a snowy owl yourself! Please leave your name and the time and date of your call, along with particulars of the sighting. 6 thoughts on “ Owling 101: How to Spot an Owl ” Peggy March 7, 2017 at 3:55 pm. He (I’m assuming it was a he) continued off and on until almost 6:00, when my NPR news broadcast drowned out the outdoors. This compilation contains daily updated bird sightings from central Massachusetts, mostly Worcester County. Just yesterday, starting around 3:00 p.m., a Great Horned Owl was hooting in my Newton neighborhood. Good places for sighting a barn owl in Massachusetts are Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary in Edgartown and Long Point Wildlife Refuge, both on Martha’s Vineyard. Zoom to see individual records. Here’s a list of recent bird sightings from Plum Island, located in Newburyport, Newbury, Rowley, and Ipswich, Massachusetts. ROWLEY -- Bird watchers are ruffling the feathers of Henry Nigro.A great gray owl, rarely seen in Massachusetts, standing 2? The Cape Cod Natural History Hotline is sponsored by the Bird Watcher's General Store in Orleans and Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. (You'll need to join eBird to see the map.) Cape Cod Weekly Wildlife Sightings. To contribute a sighting, you can email to rsquimby@wpi.edu (text format preferred) or call Rick Quimby at (508) 853-5021 and leave a message. To submit your photos or videos to Nature Sightings, contact Dan Stimson at … The following sightings were reported between and January 20, 2020 and January 26, 2021. A live map of confirmed Snowy Owl sightings reported to eBird since January 1. Recent bird sightings as reported to Mass Audubon: ... being observed and continues to head the list of last week’s Massachusetts rarities. Reports of Snowy Owl sightings are being recorded all over the US, making this winter one of the biggest Snowy Owl irruption years in recent memory. Friday, January 29, 2021 Two rarities appeared at the Slocums River Reserve in Dartmouth this week—a Pink-footed Goose and a Greater White-fronted Goose. Bird irruptions are often related to lack of food in their normal range. Sightings reported to eBird in the "lower 48" during the past week. Most sightings are from the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, which makes up the southern two thirds of the island. Here’s a map showing last winter’s snowy owl occurrences in the U.S. and southern Canada. Each sighting on the list includes a map link and the full eBird report. The Sightings. Check out this eBird map showing reports of snowy owls reported from December 2020 through February 2021. To receive a weekly summary of the latest images, subscribe to our Nature Sightings e-newsletter at right.