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Topsfield Fairgrounds, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 16, 2021 7:21 AM – 7:39 AM
Checklist Comments:    Sunny 34 degrees with winds West 7 mph
Brookline Bird Club walk led by Dave Williams
Canada Goose  310    Counted by one of the participants as we were all arriving
Mallard  13
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
European Starling  15
Putnamville Reservoir, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 16, 2021 7:52 AM – 8:23 AM
Bufflehead  75
Hooded Merganser  8
Common Merganser  12
Ruddy Duck  40
Ring-billed Gull  7
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Blue Jay  1
Carolina Wren  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97721901
Cherry Hill Reservoir, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 16, 2021 8:50 AM – 9:09 AM
Mallard  6
Green-winged Teal  14
Bufflehead  2
Common Merganser  2
Blue Jay  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  7
American Goldfinch  1
Northern Cardinal  1    Male
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97721902
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 16, 2021 9:28 AM – 12:29 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Mostly sunny 41-46 degrees with winds West 14 mph. Tide outgoing with high tide at 8:09am. Brookline Bird Club walk led by Dave Williams.
Stops at Lot 1 ocean, main pans, Wardens, North Pool Overlook, Stage Island Pool, Lot 7 ocean platform and a brief stop at Hellcat dike.
37 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  5
Mute Swan  3
Northern Shoveler  3    2 females and 1 male at Stage Island Pool
Gadwall  2    North Pool Overlook
American Wigeon  5    Main pans
Mallard  3
American Black Duck  65
Northern Pintail  37    Pans and Stage Island Pool
Green-winged Teal  250    Large flock in main pans
Common Eider  32
White-winged Scoter  9
Black Scoter  5
Long-tailed Duck  1    Lot 7
Bufflehead  10
Horned Grebe  3    Lot 1 and Lot 7
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  15
Black-bellied Plover  3    Lot 7
Dunlin  7    Lot 7
Greater Yellowlegs  1    Stage Island Pool shore
Razorbill  1    Lot 1
Herring Gull  27
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Red-throated Loon  13    Lot 1 and Lot 7
Common Loon  6    Lot 1 and Lot 7
Northern Gannet  6    Lot 1 and Lot 7
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  2
Northern Harrier  2
Cooper’s Hawk  1    Fly by at Lot 1
Bald Eagle  1    Immature
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Peregrine Falcon  2    One seen from Wardens and another at Emerson Rocks Lot 7
falcon sp.  1    Seen at same time as one Peregrine at Wardens but much smaller Falcon. Possibly a Merlin but too far to ID for certain
American Crow  300
European Starling  10
House Sparrow  2
Snow Bunting  44    About 40 at Lot 1, 3 at Wardens and 1 at Stage Island Pool
American Tree Sparrow  2    Wardens
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97721903

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #1)

    Hyannis - Pelagic - Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MA, United States

    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #2)

    Hyannis - Pelagic - Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MA, United States

    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

  • Parker River Marsh Cruise

    Newburyport - Yankee Clipper Tours Waterfront Promenade Park, 36 Merrimac Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Explore Parker River National Wildlife Refuge from a new perspective on a cruise through the Parker River marshes! Join us on the Yankee Clipper docked in Newburyport Harbor for a leisurely cruise through the Refuge. Enjoy close views of shorebirds, gulls, terns, and Saltmarsh Sparrows on this tour. Group discount tickets are available by registering

  • Half-Day Seabirding and Whale Watching

    Plymouth - Captain John's Whale Watching Tour Company 10 Town Wharf, Plymouth, MA, United States

    The BBC has reserved a limited block of discounted group tickets on these public tours. These tours are open to all. Register online at https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=330  Registration opens June 19. Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird club. The parking for multiple hours that you need is not near the town wharf. Allow extra time to find

  • Nighthawk Watch at Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge

    Harvard - Oxbow NWR Tank Rd, Harvard, MA, United States

    Join us for a pleasant evening of watching nighthawk migration along the Nashua River valley. Bring a lawn chair or a camp stool. Rain date: Sunday August 30.

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