Great Meadows NWR – 8/14/21

Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 14, 2021 7:00 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    85 F and humid, sunny, rising to 92 F. Songbird numbers seemed lower than usual, and the water level in the impoundments was high, resulting in few shorebirds. Lily pad coverage was light.

Myles Standish SF and Plymouth Airport – 7/18/21

Plymouth Beach, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US Jul 18, 2021 6:00 AM - 6:15 AM Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d'Entremont leader, beach part weathered out, went to MSSF and Plymouth Airport instead Greater Yellowlegs  1 Laughing Gull  10 Ring-billed Gull  X Herring Gull (American)  X Great Black-backed Gull  X Least Tern  5 Willow Flycatcher  1

Halibut Point – 7/18/21

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US Jul 18, 2021 7:59 AM - 10:19 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.245 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    Cloudy, foggy, light wind, 60s, break in rain during walk 28 species Mallard  13 Common Eider  8    Group off Sea Rocks Mourning Dove  4 Chimney Swift  1 Herring Gull  20    At least

Crane Pond WMA – 7/11/21

Crane Pond WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US Jul 11, 2021 7:00 AM - 11:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 5.0 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    1 hour at south end of JB Little Road; 1.75 hr Centre Street Marsh; quick stop at end of Crane Neck Rd / Little Crane Pond; remainder of time at Ash St swamp;  High

Quabbin Reservoir – 7/3/21

Quabbin Reservoir--Gate 10, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US Jul 3, 2021 7:15 AM - 9:00 AM Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d'Entremont leader, 1 participant, rainy Mourning Dove  1 Barred Owl  1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1 Red-bellied Woodpecker  1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1 Eastern Wood-Pewee  2 Great Crested Flycatcher  1 Red-eyed Vireo  10 Blue Jay  3 Black-capped

Fruitlands Museum – 7/3/21

Fruitlands museum trails, Harvard, MA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US Jul 3, 2021 7:00 AM - 8:53 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.942 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    Intermittent drizzle, cool, overcast. A fair amount of birdsong. 31 species Wild Turkey  1    In Old Meadow Mourning Dove  1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1 Red-bellied Woodpecker  2 Downy Woodpecker  2 Northern Flicker 

Pine Hill Rd. Grasslands – 6/29/21

Pine Hill Rd. Grasslands, Worcester, Massachusetts, US Jun 29, 2021 6:30 PM - 9:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.85 mile(s) 35 species Wood Duck  2 Mourning Dove  2 Eastern Whip-poor-will  3    best estimate of total individuals heard Chimney Swift  4 American Woodcock  1 Double-crested Cormorant  1 Pileated Woodpecker  1 Northern Flicker  1 Great Crested

Mt. Watatic – 6/26/21

Mt. Watatic, Middlesex County, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Jun 26, 2021 10:31 AM - 12:24 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.2 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    BBC Trip: J. Forbes continuing. In from Bennett then up to second trail which was too overgrown and up first trail to where they connect. 23 species (+1 other taxa) Mourning Dove 

Willard Brook State Forest – 6/26/21

Willard Brook State Forest, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Jun 26, 2021 7:41 AM - 10:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    BBC trip: J. Forbes leader. 70, mostly cloudy. Along Brook for a mile or so then up the road a bit. 24 species Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1    Expected in

Halibut Point – 6/20/21

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US Jun 20, 2021 8:00 AM - 10:25 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.75 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    BBC - Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning - Leader: Peter Van Demark - clear, calm, warming to 80s 22 species Mourning Dove  2 Herring Gull  10    One caught a nine inch fish

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