BBC August 24-25 Overnight Pelagic Report This news story is from the eBird trip report filed for the the BBC's overnight pelagic aboard the Helen H out of Hyannis to the edge of the continental shelf at Hygrographer Canyon. Read the original eBird trip report here. Many thanks to overnight pelagic organizers Naeem Yusuff, Sebastian [...]
BBC on WHDH Channel 7 News On July 30 and 31st the BBC was on WHDH Channel 7 News! WHDH Channel 7 News aired a story promoting birding and starring BBC board members John Edmondson, Mark Hibbard, Michealle Larkin, Ibrahim Ware, and Cliff Cook. Filming took place at Mt. Auburn Cemetery and Horn Pond in [...]
BBC Field Records Project For many years, the club engaged in a project to import our historic field card data into eBird. Our archive of about 10,000 cards dating back to 1926 might be unique in North America. Initially, club statistician David Scott worked with a team of volunteers to import much of this data. [...]
Trip to New Hampshire Lake Umbagog Region During early June two groups of BBC birders traveled around the Errol, NH area in search of nesting neotropical migrants, boreal species and whatever else we could find in the way of bird, flora, mammals, reptiles. amphibians, insects, and scenery. You can find our eBird trip reports from [...]
2026 Daytime Pelagic and Marsh Cruise Program Join us on summer daytime pelagic trips and marsh cruises this summer. Note that these popular trips regularly sell out. Once sold out we will keep a waitlist in the event that anyone cancels. 8/5 Update As of 8/5 seats are still available on the following trips: Parker [...]
Follow Up Field Trip On Tuesday, August 11 at 9AM Soheil will lead a field trip focused on shorebird ID to Winthrop Beach. Learn more. Webinar: Introduction to the New England Shorebird Guide For over 50 years, Soheil Zendeh has been monitoring shorebirds populations in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Over the past 35 years there have [...]
How do you protect the invisible? Conservation challenges and opportunities for Marine Birds For most people, seabirds are out of sight and out of mind, while seabird populations have dropped a staggering 70 percent globally over the past 60 years due to factors such as invasive species, unsustainable fisheries, and marine trash This talk will [...]
Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic Registration The Brookline Bird Club's 2026 overnight pelagic trips to the edge of the continental shelf at Hydrographer Canyon are now open for registration! About the Trip Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon [...]
Migration Madness Membership Drive Winners Thanks to new members who joined during our this spring's Migration Madness membership drive. We wrapped up a successful campaign at the end of May with 52 new members. As promised, we raffled off a pair of Nikon binoculars and three stylish BBC baseball caps. Congrats to Jan Jugelon, [...]
If you missed any of our recent webinars or the annual meeting but would still like to view any of these talks you can do so through the BBC website. Both the Rescue Raptors from Rodenticides and Bobolinks on the Brink talks are available through the Speakers and Webinars page. Just scroll down and click [...]
