By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2015, the Brookline Bird Club listed 295 species of birds on 182 reported trips, six species less than last year. A total of 257 trips were scheduled, just two less than last year; however, this year 27 trips were cancelled by weather, most of them during late January, most [...]
Martin Burns WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US May 15, 2016 11:15 AM - 1:45 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Newburyport and Vicinity - Leader: Zack Weber - multiple locations - yellow-shafted flicker was most significant bird seen by the group between destinations 36 species (+1 other taxa) Great Blue Heron 7 Turkey [...]
Halibut Point, Essex, Massachusetts, US May 15, 2016 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Halibut Point State Park - Leader Peter Van Demark 24 species Mallard 5 Common Eider 1 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Herring Gull 5 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Mourning Dove 2 Blue Jay 6 American Crow [...]
Arnold Arboretum, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US May 15, 2016 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Bussey Brook Meadow, Arnold Arboretum - Leader: Bob Mayer - 50 degrees, sun and clouds 32 species Red-tailed Hawk 1 Herring Gull 1 Mourning Dove 6 Chimney Swift 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker [...]
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US May 15, 2016 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 10.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Newburyport and Vicinity - Leader: Zack Weber - multiple locations 63 species Canada Goose 6 Mute Swan 2 Gadwall 4 American Black Duck 5 Mallard 5 Common Eider 25 Black Scoter 2 Long-tailed [...]
Auburn Sportsman's Club (Restricted Access), Worcester, Massachusetts, US May 15, 2016 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: BBC - Bird Banding, Auburn - Leader Mark Blazis 32 species Red-tailed Hawk 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 Warbling Vireo 4 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Barn Swallow 1 [...]
Hammond Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US May 14, 2016 8:00 AM - 10:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Hammond Pond Reservation - Leader: Sylvia Martin 34 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 16 Mallard 5 Great Blue Heron 3 Green Heron 1 Ring-billed Gull 2 Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 4 Red-bellied [...]
Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US May 14, 2016 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Mt. Auburn Cemetery - Leader: Brooke Stevens 41 species Mallard 1 Wild Turkey 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 3 Great Horned Owl 1 Chimney Swift 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 [...]
Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US May 13, 2016 6:00 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Mt. Auburn Cemetery - Leaders: Linda Ferraresso and Peter Vale - 57 degrees and sunny at start; became cloudy before 8 a.m. Adult and juv mink seen at Willow Pond 49 species Mallard [...]
Boston Public Garden, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US May 12, 2016 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Boston Public Garden - Leader: Linda Ferraresso - 58 degrees, sunny. Birders almost outnumbered the birds! 26 species Canada Goose 2 Mute Swan 2 residents Mallard 28 including 4 young, 3 [...]
