Mark Burns and Laura de la Flor led the 22nd Annual New Year's Day Birding Trip for the Brookline Bird Club (BBC) today! At 9:00AM, 23 BBCers joined us at the Newburyport “T” Station parking lot where we toasted in [...]

Jodrey State Fish Pier, Essex, Massachusetts, US Dec 14, 2017 9:00 AM - 12:45 PM Protocol: Traveling 12.0 mile(s) Comments:     BBC - Midweek Hunt for Alcids and Seabirds - Leader: Barbara Volkle - Halibut Point, Andrews Point, Cathedral, Bass Rocks, [...]

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Dec 10, 2017 9:25 AM - 12:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.5 mile(s) Comments:     BBC trip delayed by late opening of gate 27 species (+3 other taxa) Canada Goose  40 Gadwall  15 Mallard  2 American [...]

Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, US Dec 9, 2017 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 15.0 mile(s) Comments:     32 degrees, Calm, Cloudy, then snow 35 species Mute Swan  1 Mallard  100 American Black Duck  4 Ring-necked Duck  13 Greater Scaup  18 [...]

Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US Nov 25, 2017 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments:     SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L 21 species Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X Mourning Dove  6 Rufous Hummingbird  1     continuing female Red-bellied Woodpecker  2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1 [...]

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Nov 18, 2017 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 25.0 mile(s) Comments:     BBC Newburyport trip; a few stops including Salisbury Beach State Res.; majority of time/sightings at PRNWR; low 40s, overcast with some [...]

Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Salisbury, MA, Essex, Massachusetts, US Nov 10, 2017 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments:     Led BBC walk. Sunny, 41 degrees to start, 39 to end.  Very windy.  Very cold and uncomfortable making [...]

Lake Quannapowitt, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Nov 5, 2017 7:45 AM - 8:40 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments:     Led BBC walk. 49 degrees, overcast, light wind. 16 species (+2 other taxa) Canada Goose  55     On the Town Green Greater/Lesser Scaup [...]

Fresh Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Oct 26, 2017 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments:     Lead trip for Brookline Bird Club 27 species Canada Goose  1 Mallard  5 Ring-necked Duck  36 Hooded Merganser  5 Ruddy Duck  16 [...]

Boston Nature Center Wildlife Sanctuary, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Oct 21, 2017 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments:     BBC walk - beautiful sunny day, started out 50 degrees but jackets were off before we finished. 34 species [...]