Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US 03-Sep-2022 06:00 - 10:45 Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Checklist Comments: BBC/SSBC trip, Glenn d'Entremont leader, 5 participants 56 species Canada Goose 110 Blue-winged Teal 5 Mallard 12 American Black Duck 3 Green-winged Teal (American) 1 Wild Turkey 10 Mourning Dove 9 Chimney Swift 5 Least [...]
Minute Man NHP, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US 02-Sep-2022 17:30 - 19:30 Protocol: Traveling 0.75 mile(s) Checklist Comments: BBC- Nighthawks Over Minute Man NHP- Leader: Kathy Dia- Pleasant 70's F, As expected ,given lack of recent reports, there were few nighthawks. But we had a lively walk and saw some interesting birds! Young Henry added scientific [...]
Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US 27-Aug-2022 07:30 - 08:30 Protocol: Traveling 0.255 mile(s) Checklist Comments: BBC trip which started in the low 70's but warmed up quickly; partly sunny. Mosquitoes were manageable though repellent helpful! 23 species (+1 other taxa) Mallard 10 Mourning Dove 1 Black-bellied Plover 2 Semipalmated Plover 6 Semipalmated [...]
Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US 21-Aug-2022 08:00 - 10:20 Protocol: Traveling 1.44 mile(s) Checklist Comments: BBC - Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning - Leader: Peter Van Demark - hot, calm, mostly clear; long sunfish sighting, and lots of chipmunks 24 species (+1 other taxa) Mallard 16 Mostly in quarry White-winged Scoter [...]
Squantum (please use more refined location), Norfolk, Massachusetts, US 21-Aug-2022 06:00 - 09:00 3.0 mile(s) Checklist Comments: BBC trip, David T Brown memorial, Glenn d'Entremont leader, 8 participants, then 4 (7:30) 40 species Mallard 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X Mourning Dove 6 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Semipalmated Plover 2 Least Sandpiper 5 White-rumped [...]
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US 18-Aug-2022 17:51 - 19:57 Protocol: Traveling 0.75 mile(s) Checklist Comments: BBC- Great Meadows NWR, Concord- Leader: Kathy Dia. Just when we thought all the views of Common Nighthawks would be distant there were suddenly ten just overhead (Dike Trail) swooping and swerving. 36 species (+1 other taxa) [...]
Winchendon/Royalston, Birch Hill WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US 06-Aug-2022 06:30 - 08:00 Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Ernie L 38 species Mourning Dove 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Barred Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4 Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 Eastern Phoebe 20 Eastern [...]
Plymouth Beach, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US Jul 23, 2022 6:00 AM - 6:30 AM Protocol: Stationary Checklist Comments: BBC trip, Glenn d'Entremont leader, 1 participant 90 degrees, cut it short 17 species Common Eider 7 Chimney Swift 2 Semipalmated Plover 1 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Least Sandpiper 5 Laughing Gull 3 Double-crested Cormorant 25 American Crow [...]
Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US Jul 17, 2022 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.1 mile(s) 25 species (+1 other taxa) Mallard 22 Common Eider 13 Herring Gull 14 Great Black-backed Gull 3 Double-crested Cormorant 7 Green Heron 1 Buteo sp. 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 Blue Jay [...]
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US Jul 16, 2022 6:55 AM - 9:25 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.3 mile(s) Checklist Comments: 68-75F; humid; hazy sun; minimal breeze. Walk led by Sandy O. and Rita G. for BBC and Boxborough Birders. Amazingly did not see one raptor nor hear ovenbird. 46 species [...]
