At a Glance: June 2023 June 1, 2023 1 MIN READ At a Glance MARY MCKITRICK Can you identify the bird in this photograph? Identification will be discussed in next issue’s AT A GLANCE. Related Articles Front Cover: June 2023 Black-crowned Night-Heron The Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) is a big-headed, short-necked, stocky, middle-sized heron with an exceptionally wide breeding range. A cosmopolitan species, it breeds ... Hot Birds: June 2023 White-faced Ibises occur annually in the Ipswich and Newburyport vicinity, but Concord does not usually get a piece of that action. William Martens encountered ... At a Glance: April 2023 Revealed When the short list of possibilities is carefully considered, we can dismiss ducks and waterfowl by the long slim neck of the mystery bird; ... Bird Sightings: January-February 2023 Most of New England experienced an unusually quiet early winter season that continued into February. There were, however, extreme temperature swings, with both record ... The Precipitous Decline of Black-crowned Night-Herons in Massachusetts and the Northeast Over the past century, Black-crowned Night-Herons in Massachusetts have gone from populating the largest colony in North America to a much-diminished presence in the ... Birds of Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island, Maine, Part Three: Blue Hill Bay, Western MDI There are 4,600 islands in the Gulf of Maine, and Mount Desert Island is the largest. The islands are a stopover during migration or ... Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. blog comments powered by Disqus