Happy New Year! Yesterday, Mark Burns and I led our 26th Annual New Year's Day Birding Trip for the Brookline Bird Club (BBC)! At 9:00AM, 24 BBCers met at Cashman Park in Newburyport where we toasted in the New Year [...]

Dunback Meadow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US 04-Dec-2022 08:01 - 11:19 31 species Mourning Dove  16 Turkey Vulture  1 Red-tailed Hawk  2 Red-bellied Woodpecker  3 Downy Woodpecker  12 Northern Flicker  3 Blue Jay  14 American Crow  2 Black-capped Chickadee  14 Tufted Titmouse  [...]

Olmsted Park--Leverett Pond, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US 04-Dec-2022 09:00 - 10:45 18 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose  65 Wood Duck  7 Mallard  30 Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)  1 Mourning Dove  1 Ring-billed Gull  2 Great Blue Heron  1 [...]

Great Meadows NWR, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US 29-Nov-2022 08:30 - 12:00 Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by Clayton Swanson 26 species Canada Goose  X Mute Swan  X Wood Duck  X Mallard  X Green-winged Teal  X Wild Turkey  X Great Blue [...]

Peterson Farm, Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US 26-Nov-2022 08:00 - 09:30 Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d'Entremont leader Mourning Dove  3 Red-bellied Woodpecker  2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2 Hammond's Flycatcher  1    continuing at the NW corner of field, morning [...]

Jodrey State Fish Pier, Essex, Massachusetts, US 26-Nov-2022 08:20 - 08:37 Checklist Comments:    BBC Field Trip: Cape Ann led by Neil Hayward. Common Eider  5 Surf Scoter  3 Long-tailed Duck  2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  30 Ring-billed Gull  15 [...]

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US 20-Nov-2022 07:57 - 09:47 Checklist Comments:    BBC - Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning - Leader: Peter Van Demark - cold, clear, very windy from west 18 species Mallard  8 Common Eider  50 [...]

Plum Island--North End, Essex, Massachusetts, US 15-Nov-2022 11:15 - 11:35 Protocol: Stationary Checklist Comments:    Sunny, cold, 33 degrees, light wind.  Led BBC walk. Common Eider  4 Surf Scoter  19 White-winged Scoter  50 Black Scoter  35 scoter sp.  700    [...]

Putnamville Reservoir, Essex, Massachusetts, US 15-Nov-2022 07:45 - 08:25 Checklist Comments:    Sunny, cold, 28 degrees, light wind.  Led BBC trip. Canada Goose  45 Mute Swan  2 Mallard  16 American Black Duck  3 Green-winged Teal  5 Ring-necked Duck  1 Greater [...]

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Nov 13, 2022 7:00 AM - 8:45 AM Checklist Comments:     BBC bird walk Fresh Pond 11/13/2022 25 species Canada Goose  11 Mallard  3 Ring-necked Duck  17 Hooded Merganser  18 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4 Mourning Dove  4 Herring Gull  13 Red-tailed [...]