Parker River NWR – 8/27/18
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Aug 27, 2018 5:25 PM - 7:25 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.5 mile(s) Comments: Led BBC walk. Hot, humid. When the wind died down, the midges were fierce. 37 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose [...]
Great Meadows NWR – 8/23/18
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 23, 2018 5:25 PM - 8:25 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: BBC -Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord - Leader: Kathy Stark Dia. Lovely bright evening of blue skies with white [...]
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard – 8/18/18
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, USAug 18, 2018 7:00 AM - 9:45 AMProtocol: Traveling2.3 mile(s)Comments: BBC (Brookline Bird Club) and Boxborough Birders - Fruitlands Museum, Harvard - Leader: Rita Grossman. David, Sandy, Amanda & Rita enjoyed [...]
Great Meadows NWR – 8/17/18
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 17, 2018 5:30 PM - 7:40 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.4 mile(s) Comments: BBC walk, HOT 90 degrees, clear skies. walk to Concord River with time spent on platform. 32 species Canada Goose [...]
Shorebirding in and around Boston – 8/17/18
The Key Wildlife Observation Area, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Aug 17, 2018 7:50 AM - 8:30 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Overcast, 72 degrees, dropping tide. Co-led BBC walk. 22 species Mallard 1 Chimney Swift 1 Black-bellied Plover 3 Semipalmated Plover 22 [...]
Halibut Point State Park, Rockport – 8/16/18
Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US Aug 16, 2018 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning - Leader: Peter Van Demark - Mostly clear, mild, NE wind blowing pelagics [...]
Shorebirds on Cape Cod – 8/11/18
Morris Island, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US Aug 11, 2018 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.25 mile(s) Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, 9 participants 22 species Mourning Dove 3 American Oystercatcher 4 Least Tern 3 Osprey (carolinensis) 2 Cooper's Hawk [...]
Great Meadows NWR, Concord – 8/4/18
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 4, 2018 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: The weather was mild and muggy, partly cloudy. Both impoundments were almost completely filled with water lilies. It was a [...]
Parker River NWR – 7/29/18
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Jul 29, 2018 9:15 AM - 11:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 4.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC trip, 75F, sunny. 37 species Canada Goose 15 Wild Turkey 4 Mourning Dove 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Black-bellied Plover 10 [...]
MACHIAS SEAL ISLAND AND DOWNEAST MAINE TRIP REPORT
by Garry and Annie Kessler, Westborough, MA The BBC has run 4-day trips to Downeast Maine around July 4th for many years. The main attraction is an opportunity to land on Machias Seal Island for up close and personal looks [...]
Parker River NWR – 8/27/18
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Aug 27, 2018 5:25 PM - 7:25 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.5 mile(s) Comments: Led BBC walk. Hot, humid. When the wind died down, the midges were fierce. 37 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose [...]
Great Meadows NWR – 8/23/18
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 23, 2018 5:25 PM - 8:25 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: BBC -Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord - Leader: Kathy Stark Dia. Lovely bright evening of blue skies with white [...]
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard – 8/18/18
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, USAug 18, 2018 7:00 AM - 9:45 AMProtocol: Traveling2.3 mile(s)Comments: BBC (Brookline Bird Club) and Boxborough Birders - Fruitlands Museum, Harvard - Leader: Rita Grossman. David, Sandy, Amanda & Rita enjoyed [...]
Great Meadows NWR – 8/17/18
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 17, 2018 5:30 PM - 7:40 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.4 mile(s) Comments: BBC walk, HOT 90 degrees, clear skies. walk to Concord River with time spent on platform. 32 species Canada Goose [...]
Shorebirding in and around Boston – 8/17/18
The Key Wildlife Observation Area, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Aug 17, 2018 7:50 AM - 8:30 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Overcast, 72 degrees, dropping tide. Co-led BBC walk. 22 species Mallard 1 Chimney Swift 1 Black-bellied Plover 3 Semipalmated Plover 22 [...]
Halibut Point State Park, Rockport – 8/16/18
Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US Aug 16, 2018 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning - Leader: Peter Van Demark - Mostly clear, mild, NE wind blowing pelagics [...]
Shorebirds on Cape Cod – 8/11/18
Morris Island, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US Aug 11, 2018 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.25 mile(s) Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, 9 participants 22 species Mourning Dove 3 American Oystercatcher 4 Least Tern 3 Osprey (carolinensis) 2 Cooper's Hawk [...]
Great Meadows NWR, Concord – 8/4/18
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 4, 2018 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: The weather was mild and muggy, partly cloudy. Both impoundments were almost completely filled with water lilies. It was a [...]
Parker River NWR – 7/29/18
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Jul 29, 2018 9:15 AM - 11:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 4.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC trip, 75F, sunny. 37 species Canada Goose 15 Wild Turkey 4 Mourning Dove 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Black-bellied Plover 10 [...]
MACHIAS SEAL ISLAND AND DOWNEAST MAINE TRIP REPORT
by Garry and Annie Kessler, Westborough, MA The BBC has run 4-day trips to Downeast Maine around July 4th for many years. The main attraction is an opportunity to land on Machias Seal Island for up close and personal looks [...]
Parker River NWR – 8/27/18
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Aug 27, 2018 5:25 PM - 7:25 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.5 mile(s) Comments: Led BBC walk. Hot, humid. When the wind died down, the midges were fierce. 37 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose [...]
Great Meadows NWR – 8/23/18
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 23, 2018 5:25 PM - 8:25 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: BBC -Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord - Leader: Kathy Stark Dia. Lovely bright evening of blue skies with white [...]
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard – 8/18/18
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, USAug 18, 2018 7:00 AM - 9:45 AMProtocol: Traveling2.3 mile(s)Comments: BBC (Brookline Bird Club) and Boxborough Birders - Fruitlands Museum, Harvard - Leader: Rita Grossman. David, Sandy, Amanda & Rita enjoyed [...]
Great Meadows NWR – 8/17/18
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 17, 2018 5:30 PM - 7:40 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.4 mile(s) Comments: BBC walk, HOT 90 degrees, clear skies. walk to Concord River with time spent on platform. 32 species Canada Goose [...]
Shorebirding in and around Boston – 8/17/18
The Key Wildlife Observation Area, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Aug 17, 2018 7:50 AM - 8:30 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Overcast, 72 degrees, dropping tide. Co-led BBC walk. 22 species Mallard 1 Chimney Swift 1 Black-bellied Plover 3 Semipalmated Plover 22 [...]
Halibut Point State Park, Rockport – 8/16/18
Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US Aug 16, 2018 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning - Leader: Peter Van Demark - Mostly clear, mild, NE wind blowing pelagics [...]
Shorebirds on Cape Cod – 8/11/18
Morris Island, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US Aug 11, 2018 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.25 mile(s) Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, 9 participants 22 species Mourning Dove 3 American Oystercatcher 4 Least Tern 3 Osprey (carolinensis) 2 Cooper's Hawk [...]
Great Meadows NWR, Concord – 8/4/18
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 4, 2018 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: The weather was mild and muggy, partly cloudy. Both impoundments were almost completely filled with water lilies. It was a [...]
Parker River NWR – 7/29/18
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Jul 29, 2018 9:15 AM - 11:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 4.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC trip, 75F, sunny. 37 species Canada Goose 15 Wild Turkey 4 Mourning Dove 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Black-bellied Plover 10 [...]
MACHIAS SEAL ISLAND AND DOWNEAST MAINE TRIP REPORT
by Garry and Annie Kessler, Westborough, MA The BBC has run 4-day trips to Downeast Maine around July 4th for many years. The main attraction is an opportunity to land on Machias Seal Island for up close and personal looks [...]