Happy New Year MassBirders! Mark Burns and Laura de la Flor led our 23rd Annual New Year's Day Birding Trip for the Brookline Bird Club (BBC) today! At 9:00AM, 37 BBCers joined us at the Newburyport T Station parking lot where we toasted in the New Year with sparkling apple cider. During the toast, [...]
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Dec 9, 2018 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC trip; passerines were few and far between despite looking at multiple locations 32 species Snow Goose 1 Canada Goose 80 Mallard 2 American Black Duck 30 Northern Pintail 2 Surf Scoter 1 Black Scoter [...]
Jodrey State Fish Pier, Essex, Massachusetts, US Dec 1, 2018 8:19 AM - 8:36 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: BBC Field trip led by Neil Hayward. 8 species Common Eider 35 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 20 Herring Gull 200 Great Black-backed Gull 50 Common Loon 1 Double-crested Cormorant 15 Peregrine Falcon 1 American Crow 3 [...]
Cape Ann-Gloucester & Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, US Jan 5, 2019 8:30 AM - 1:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 10.0 mile(s) Comments: Brookline Bird Club trip with John Nelson and I leading. Rainy forecast did not materialize and though there were a few sprinkles, it was mostly dry, mild and overcast. 40degrees the Harbor was glass like [...]
Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, US Nov 24, 2018 8:00 AM - 11:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 6.0 mile(s) Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d'E leader, Ernie L 48 species (+1 other taxa) Snow Goose 1 ad Canada Goose 313 Mute Swan 19 17 Veranda Gadwall 102 100 Veranda Eurasian Wigeon 2 Veranda, second bird female gray overall, less [...]
Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, US Nov 17, 2018 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 7.0 mile(s) 47 species Brant 3 Canada Goose 95 Mute Swan 2 Gadwall 6 American Wigeon 18 Mallard 24 American Black Duck 300 Northern Pintail 6 Greater Scaup 5 Common Eider 45 White-winged Scoter 9 Black Scoter 28 Bufflehead 11 Hooded [...]
Lake Quannapowitt, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Nov 4, 2018 7:40 AM - 8:50 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments: Led BBC walk. Sunny, 43 degrees to start, gusty wind 10-20. Included drive through Lake View Cemetery. 22 species Canada Goose 0 This is a rarity for here! Mallard 0 Another rarity for hear! Ring-necked Duck 1 [...]
Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US Oct 21, 2018 8:00 AM - 10:10 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning - Leader: Peter Van Demark - overcast, 50, light showers, very gusty 17 species (+1 other taxa) Mallard 9 Drake with four females on quarry Common Eider 1 [...]
Nahanton Park , Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Oct 20, 2018 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments: BBC walk. Variable breeze, overcast, 60 deg 42 species Canada Goose 15 Mallard 4 Wild Turkey 7 Mourning Dove 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 upper field Herring Gull 20 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Red-tailed [...]
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Oct 20, 2018 9:10 AM - 11:40 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.5 mile(s) Comments: Led Joppa's Saturday Morning Birding. Sunny, 56 degrees, windy 10-20. Stops at the Salt Pannes, the Wardens, and the parking lot 3 boardwalk.. 34 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 1 Mute Swan 2 Gadwall 1 [...]
