Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 17, 2018 5:30 PM - 7:40 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.4 mile(s) Comments: BBC walk, HOT 90 degrees, clear skies. walk to Concord River with time spent on platform. 32 species Canada Goose 9 Mute Swan 2 Wood Duck 30 many flying in to lower impoundment as sun
The Key Wildlife Observation Area, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Aug 17, 2018 7:50 AM - 8:30 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Overcast, 72 degrees, dropping tide. Co-led BBC walk. 22 species Mallard 1 Chimney Swift 1 Black-bellied Plover 3 Semipalmated Plover 22 Killdeer 7 Sanderling 3 Least Sandpiper 15 White-rumped Sandpiper 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 23 Greater Yellowlegs
Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US Aug 16, 2018 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning - Leader: Peter Van Demark - Mostly clear, mild, NE wind blowing pelagics in 19 species (+1 other taxa) Mallard 19 In quarry Common Eider 4 Female and
Morris Island, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US Aug 11, 2018 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.25 mile(s) Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, 9 participants 22 species Mourning Dove 3 American Oystercatcher 4 Least Tern 3 Osprey (carolinensis) 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 juv Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 3
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 4, 2018 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: The weather was mild and muggy, partly cloudy. Both impoundments were almost completely filled with water lilies. It was a quiet morning overall. The original time frame was 4 hours but I cut it to
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Jul 29, 2018 9:15 AM - 11:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 4.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC trip, 75F, sunny. 37 species Canada Goose 15 Wild Turkey 4 Mourning Dove 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Black-bellied Plover 10 Semipalmated Plover 100 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 300 Short-billed Dowitcher 60 Greater Yellowlegs 2
Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, USJul 15, 2018 8:00 AM - 9:50 AMProtocol: Traveling1.0 mile(s)Comments: BBC - Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning - Leader: Eric Hutchins for Peter Van Demark - counts not provided, so used 2 if plural (“Mallards”), else 132 speciesMallard 2Double-crested Cormorant 1Great Blue Heron 1Herring Gull 1Great Black-backed Gull 1Mourning
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US Jul 14, 2018 7:00 AM - 10:05 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.4 mile(s) Comments: Brookline Bird Club and Boxborough Birders. 60F at start, calm, partly sunny. 44 species (+1 other taxa) Wild Turkey 39 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Fly-over Great Blue Heron 2 Fly-over Turkey Vulture 1
Quabbin Reservoir--Gate 10, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US Jul 7, 2018 7:00 AM - 1:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 4.5 mile(s) Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, 10 participants 49 species Hooded Merganser 1 female w/3 young Ruffed Grouse 2 1 ad w/4 young, flushed another later Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 5 Mourning Dove 2 Black-billed Cuckoo 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Down East Sunrise Trail, Machias, Washington, Maine, US Jul 2, 2018 7:18 AM - 8:08 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.39 mile(s) 13 species Canada Goose 23 American Black Duck 19 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Herring Gull (American) 7 Mourning Dove 1 American Crow 7 Cedar Waxwing 2 Common Yellowthroat 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Nelson's Sparrow 6 Savannah
