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Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife sanctuary encompassing the majority of Plum Island in northeastern Essex County, Massachusetts, 5 miles southeast of Newburyport. It was established in 1942 primarily to provide feeding, resting, and nesting habitats for migratory birds.
Sandy Point State Reservation is on a large spit of sand at the southern end of Plum Island: "Sandy Point". Plum Island Drive, a dirt road on the southern half of Plum Island, ends at the foot of a hill of glacial origin, Bar Head. Rocks: "Bar Head Rocks", extend from a 19th-century gravel pit in the side of the hill into the water.
Pages in category "National Wildlife Refuges in Massachusetts" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Wildlife officials are asking the public to report any sightings of bald eagles carrying nesting materials, in an effort to locate new nests. Mass. Wildlife asks public to report sightings of bald ...
Plum Island and its surrounding estuaries are a popular destination for birders. Plum Island Sound is on a migratory route for many varieties of birds, as well as being a nesting area for piping plovers. Much of the beach in the National Wildlife Refuge is closed to visitors during the nesting season, which can last most of the warm months.
Bird books all say pine warblers shouldn’t be here now. Here's what we learned about them. Why bird watchers see birds that aren't supposed to be here this winter: Nature News
Grape Island, sometimes known as Grape Island, Ipswich, is a part of Plum Island, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in the United States.For nearly two centuries, Grape Island was a small, but thriving community of fishermen, farmers, and clam diggers, until the land was purchased by the US Government and turned into a wildlife refuge in the middle of the 20th century.
Here are some uncommon birds spotted in WNY this winter. Check out this list of birds spotted by bird watchers on ebird.org's New York Rare Bird Alert. The website gathers this information in the ...