Category Archives: Standish vs. Alden

The dust has settled, the polls have closed and the results are in. We have a winner in the ages-old debate of who owned the better land, based on twenty-first century bird observations, Myles Standish or John Alden. If we … Continue reading →

Thanks to the blockbusting efforts of Matt Kamm, Charlie Nims and Joe Scott, Duxbury 5 is done, and that means that the Aldens and Winslows now have their final tally. Altogether, 57 species made the final cut, just one species … Continue reading →

Four recent realizations have affected the Standish vs. Alden debate. #1: After 8 hours in each block, exactly 53 species had been recorded. This starling in Duxbury 6 most likely had taken this gull feather while a gull was still … Continue reading →

Or, in this case, all of them. We were tipped off to a nest in Plymouth 1 this week, so we went to investigate. Sure enough, there it was – the beginnings of an osprey nest on the top of … Continue reading →

There's suddenly a new leader in the clubhouse! The Alden family chose land farther from the coast than the Standishes, but they obviously knew that someday their topo block would include a section of Duxbury Beach, specifically that stretch north … Continue reading →

We're four hours in, and there is certainly a clear leader in the Alden-Standish debate. The Standishes have jumped out to an early lead. Both families can boast ospreys nesting nearby, and each has at least one pigeon nest in … Continue reading →