Nahanton Park – 3/16/22

Nahanton Park, Newton US-MA 42.30146, -71.20777, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Mar 16, 2022 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM American Woodcock  3    Three, at least, peenting and performing mating display flights. Two incidents where a woodcock landed in the path right in front of the human horde. One stayed in sight for over a minute. Attached

Minute Man NHP Woodcock Walk – 3/10/22

Minute Man NHP--Meriam's Corner, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Mar 10, 2022 5:04 PM - 6:27 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.4 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    BBC- Woodcocks at Meriam's Corner, Concord- Leader: Kathy Dia-  47-37° F. Yesterday there was several inches snowfall, but most has melted with today's warm weather. We walked from Meriam's Corner east about .5

Castle Island & Pleasure Bay – 3/6/22

Castle Island & Pleasure Bay, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Mar 6, 2022 8:37 AM - 10:47 AM Checklist Comments:    BBC field trip. Conditions quite variable - we started in dense fog with no wind, water like glass, then the fog cleared and the wind picked up and began gusting out of the SW. We walked

Dunback Meadow – 3/5/22

Dunback Meadow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Mar 5, 2022 7:55 AM - 10:20 AM BBC field trip  25-37 F    sunny  calm  snow cover with rough walking Canada Goose  17 Mourning Dove  2 Cooper's Hawk  1    seen by one participant Red-tailed Hawk  1 Red-bellied Woodpecker  3 Downy Woodpecker  3 Blue Jay  8 American Crow  6

Belle Isle – 3/5/22

Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US 05-Mar-2022 07:34 - 09:19 Joint trip with DCR 17 species Canada Goose  10 Mourning Dove  3 Northern Harrier  2 Cooper's Hawk  1 Red-tailed Hawk  1 Downy Woodpecker  2 American Crow  15 Black-capped Chickadee  1 American Robin  3 House Finch  18 American Goldfinch  1 American Tree Sparrow  8 White-throated

Cape Ann – 3/2/22

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US Mar 2, 2022 9:02 AM - 10:04 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.104 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    BBC - Midweek Hunt for Alcids and Seabirds - Leader: Barbara Volkle - Halibut Point 20 species Canada Goose  3 Mallard  30 Harlequin Duck  16 Long-tailed Duck  12 Red-breasted Merganser  1 Mourning Dove 

Cohasset to Scituate – 2/26/22

Cohasset to Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US Feb 26, 2022 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 10.0 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    A cold, clear day with little wind. Friday's snowfall prevented access to some of the off-road spots we usually visit, and one participant's car had to be dug out with a great team effort

Cape Ann – 2/21/22

Gloucester--Fisherman's Monument, Essex, Massachusetts, US Feb 21, 2022 7:50 AM - 8:20 AM Checklist Comments:    Sunny, 35 degrees, blustry.  Led BBC walk. Canada Goose  8 Greater Scaup  4 Common Eider  24 Surf Scoter  7 Bufflehead  7 Red-breasted Merganser  6 Horned Grebe  1 Herring Gull  7 Great Black-backed Gull  4 View this checklist online at

Halibut Point – 2/20/22

Halibut Point State Park, Rockport US-MA 42.68622, -70.63105, Essex, Massachusetts, US Feb 20, 2022 8:01 AM - 10:36 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.912 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    BBC - Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning - Leader: Peter Van Demark - clear, strong north wind, slowly warming from teens 15 species Mallard  50 Common Eider  10

Newburyport and vicinity – 2/19/22

Cashman Park, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, US Feb 19, 2022 7:40 AM - 8:15 AM Canada Goose  95 Mallard  5 Long-tailed Duck  3 Bufflehead  2 Common Goldeneye  8 Common Merganser  1 Red-breasted Merganser  2 Ring-billed Gull  50 Herring Gull  5 Bald Eagle  2 American Crow  3 Song Sparrow  2 Northern Cardinal  1 View this checklist

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