The Habitat Gardening for birds workshop was attended by 30 people on Aug 25, 2019 at the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary. Attendees enjoyed the talk and the tour of the garden. Catherine Carney Feldman was very knowledgeable and a great speaker. She bases a lot of her information on the book Bringing nature home by Doug Tallamy.
All species on our planet need habitat—a place to call home. Habitats provide shelter from the weather and predators, a place to raise young, water, and of course food. With over 2,000 acres, the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary was a perfect place to see what birds require for habitat and to learn the basics of how you can transform your own landscape into a sustainable habitat for birds. Participants received a guided tour of the nature gardens, as well as a list of native trees, bushes, and ground cover that provide food for birds.
2026 Young Birders Hog Island Camp Scholarship Application
2026 Bill Drummond Young Birders Scholarship Application Available The Brookline Bird Club will again offer two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The scholarship covers [...]
February 7 BBC Winter Meeting – Social Hour, Book Sale & Norman Smith!
February 7 BBC Winter Meeting - Social Hour, Used Book Sale & Norman Smith! Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 7 at 2PM for the BBC's annual in-person Winter Meeting featuring a social hour with [...]
Starting the Year Off with the BBC
Starting the Year Off with the BBC On January 1 Laura de la Flor and Mark Burns led their our 29th (maybe 30th) Brookline Bird Club New Year's Day birding trip! I'll let Laura take [...]
Webinar with Sophie Osborn – Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds
Webinar with Sophie Osborn - Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds Please join the BBC on the evening of January 27 from 7PM to 8:30PM for a member only webinar with author [...]
ANNUAL REPORT 2025
Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]
Successful Pelagic Trip to Nantucket Shoals
Successful Pelagic Trip to Nantucket Shoals On December 6 over 70 BBC birders and guides departed from Hyannis and headed out to Nantucket Shoals about the Helen H. The plan was to go as far [...]
2026 Young Birders Hog Island Camp Scholarship Application
2026 Bill Drummond Young Birders Scholarship Application Available The Brookline Bird Club will again offer two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The scholarship covers [...]
February 7 BBC Winter Meeting – Social Hour, Book Sale & Norman Smith!
February 7 BBC Winter Meeting - Social Hour, Used Book Sale & Norman Smith! Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 7 at 2PM for the BBC's annual in-person Winter Meeting featuring a social hour with [...]
Starting the Year Off with the BBC
Starting the Year Off with the BBC On January 1 Laura de la Flor and Mark Burns led their our 29th (maybe 30th) Brookline Bird Club New Year's Day birding trip! I'll let Laura take [...]
Webinar with Sophie Osborn – Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds
Webinar with Sophie Osborn - Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds Please join the BBC on the evening of January 27 from 7PM to 8:30PM for a member only webinar with author [...]
ANNUAL REPORT 2025
Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]
Successful Pelagic Trip to Nantucket Shoals
Successful Pelagic Trip to Nantucket Shoals On December 6 over 70 BBC birders and guides departed from Hyannis and headed out to Nantucket Shoals about the Helen H. The plan was to go as far [...]
2026 Young Birders Hog Island Camp Scholarship Application
2026 Bill Drummond Young Birders Scholarship Application Available The Brookline Bird Club will again offer two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The scholarship covers [...]
February 7 BBC Winter Meeting – Social Hour, Book Sale & Norman Smith!
February 7 BBC Winter Meeting - Social Hour, Used Book Sale & Norman Smith! Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 7 at 2PM for the BBC's annual in-person Winter Meeting featuring a social hour with [...]
Starting the Year Off with the BBC
Starting the Year Off with the BBC On January 1 Laura de la Flor and Mark Burns led their our 29th (maybe 30th) Brookline Bird Club New Year's Day birding trip! I'll let Laura take [...]
Webinar with Sophie Osborn – Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds
Webinar with Sophie Osborn - Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds Please join the BBC on the evening of January 27 from 7PM to 8:30PM for a member only webinar with author [...]
ANNUAL REPORT 2025
Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]
Successful Pelagic Trip to Nantucket Shoals
Successful Pelagic Trip to Nantucket Shoals On December 6 over 70 BBC birders and guides departed from Hyannis and headed out to Nantucket Shoals about the Helen H. The plan was to go as far [...]
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Westboro Wildlife Management Area
Westborough - Ball Field Hospital Rd, Westborough, MA, United StatesWe will hike the north side of Big Chauncy Pond in search of migrant warblers.
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Webinar: Introduction to Nocturnal Flight Call (NFC) Recording
Most birders experience migration through the birds that arrive, depart, or pass overhead by day -- but throughout the night, another migration is unfolding largely out of sight. This presentation will introduce nocturnal flight calls and the recordists who use them to experience and study that hidden movement. We will draw on examples from the [...]
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Fall migrants at Roslindale Wetlands Urban Park
Roslindale Wetlands Urban Park 23 Coniston Rd, Roslindale, MA, United StatesA small but mighty urban wild that offers a variety of habitat. Expect to see a variety of woodpeckers, resident birds, warblers, and other migratory species, as well as a surprise or two. The path is flat with a mix of gravel and dirt surfaces with newly added boardwalks on the wetter sections. Boots are [...]
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Fresh Pond, Cambridge (rescheduled to Sept. 27)
Cambridge - Fresh Pond - TD Bank 235 Alewife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThis walk has been rescheduled to September 27 which will be the 113th anniversary of the first-ever Brookline Bird Club bird walk on September 27th 1913 which was also at Fresh Pond.
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Rock Meadow, Belmont
Belmont - Rock Meadow 300 Mill St, Belmont, MA, United StatesCome join us for a walk at scenic Rock Meadow and Beaver Brook North, home of open fields, wetlands, ample woods and edge habitat, and public gardens which attract a wide variety of migrating song birds. Hiking is relatively easy, and should be a bit under two miles total at most, if we venture further [...]