Danehy Park, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Sep 21, 2016 7:30 AM - 9:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC and Menotomy Bird Clubs trip, Leader Karsten Hartel. 28 species Double-crested Cormorant 3 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Mourning Dove 2 Downy Woodpecker 5 Merlin [...]
Halibut Point, Essex, Massachusetts, US Sep 18, 2016 7:45 AM - 11:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: I was leading one of Peter Van Demark's monthly walks, but nobody else showed up! But I love Halibut Point, so I had an enjoyable 3 hours, evenly divided between looking from the rocks for seabirds [...]
Cumberland Farms, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US Sep 18, 2016 6:45 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC trip, Eddie G leader 27 species Northern Bobwhite 1 likely released bird(s) Wild Turkey 8 Double-crested Cormorant 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Mourning Dove 5 Eastern Screech-Owl (Northern) 1 Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) [...]
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Aug 27, 2016 7:00 AM - 11:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 4.0 mile(s) Comments: Brookline Bird Club trip lead by Jonathan Center. Locations that were birded during the trip were Stage Island pool, Bill Forward pool from the blind, parking lot # 7/Emerson Rocks, and Sandy Point. 42 species [...]
Halibut Point, Essex, Massachusetts, US Aug 21, 2016 8:00 AM - 10:20 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning - Leader: Peter Van Demark - Clear, mild, light wind. Huge flock of swallows near Sea Rocks was a delight to experience. Vegetation very stressed from drought. <br [...]
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 18, 2016 5:28 PM - 8:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.6 mile(s) Comments: BBC walk with Alan Bragg, Kathy Dia, Janet Kovner, Chris Martone, Tom and Pat Maxwell, and Will Martens. clear 85 degrees. 31 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 38 Wood Duck 33 30 [...]
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Aug 6, 2016 7:58 AM - 1:56 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Plum Island - Leader: Neil Hayward 63 species Canada Goose 24 American Black Duck 3 Mallard 7 Hooded Merganser 1 Wild Turkey 1 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Double-crested Cormorant 16 Great Blue Heron 9 [...]
Dunback Meadows, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 6, 2016 6:53 AM - 7:48 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.8 mile(s) Comments: BBC Dunback Meadow-Bobbie Hodson-Mildly overcast--no one came! only local breeders seen 17 species Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 9 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Blue Jay 4 Black-capped Chickadee 2 House Wren 2 Carolina Wren [...]
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Jul 9, 2016 5:53 AM - 9:08 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.85 mile(s) Comments: BBC breeding bird conservation trip 43 species (+2 other taxa) Canada Goose 30 Wood Duck 7 Mallard 2 Great Blue Heron 7 Killdeer 2 shorebird sp. 1 in flight Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) [...]
Quabbin Reservoir--Gate 10, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US Jul 3, 2016 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 4.5 mile(s) Comments: SSBC/BBC trip 49 species Wood Duck 1 young bird, just a week or so out of the nest, no adult or siblings seen Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1 Turkey Vulture 2 Broad-winged Hawk [...]
