Marblehead Neck Sanctuary – 5/9/17

Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Essex, Massachusetts, US May 9, 2017 6:30 AM - 9:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments:     BBC walk started sunny and 39 degrees, 49 when we ended.  Very quiet to start, but song picked up when it started to warm up. 33 species (+1 other taxa) Mallard  3 Common Loon  1

Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary – 5/9/17

Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US May 9, 2017 6:00 AM - 7:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments:     SSBC/BBC trip 36 species Wild Turkey  3 Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group)  1 Mourning Dove  1 Red-bellied Woodpecker  2 Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2 Pileated Woodpecker  2 Eastern Phoebe  2 Blue Jay  2

Westborough WMA – 5/8/17

Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US May 8, 2017 5:00 AM - 12:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.0 mile(s) Comments:     BBC - Westboro Wildlife Management Area - Nickilas Paulson - Nice day of birding, good mix of early migrants and marsh birds. Trip was for two and a half hours, but I continued to hike after adding

Parker River NWR – 5/8/17

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US May 8, 2017 6:20 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 6.0 mile(s) Comments:     Led BBC trip.  46, windy, and cold. 48 species (+2 other taxa) Canada Goose  5 Gadwall  2 American Black Duck  1 Wild Turkey  3 Double-crested Cormorant  15 Great Egret  3 Snowy Egret  2 Snowy Egret x

Mt. Auburn Cemetery and Fresh Pond – 5/7/17

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US May 7, 2017 6:00 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments:     BBC - Mt. Auburn - Leader: Jason Forbes Group size and estimate. Indian Ridge, Halcyon, Harvard Hill, Willow. Bit windy but nice, could have used a few more warblers and the cuckoos seen by others. 51

Upton State Forest – 5/7/17

Upton SF, Worcester, Massachusetts, US May 7, 2017 7:00 AM - 10:10 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.5 mile(s) Comments:     BBC - Upton State Forest - Nickilas Paulson - Nice weather, but very slow birding. Very few migrants and quiet residents. 46 species Canada Goose  4 Great Blue Heron  1 Bald Eagle  1 Red-tailed Hawk  1 Mourning

Wompatuck State Park – 5/7/17

Wompatuck SP, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US May 7, 2017 6:00 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 5.5 mile(s) Comments:     Brookline Bird Club walk led by Eddie Giles. 49 species (+1 other taxa) Wood Duck  2     (G9.  Pair of males first seen as flyovers, later seen flushing from waterway/wetland that flows alongside G9.) Ruffed Grouse  1     (G9.

Parker River NWR – 5/7/17

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US May 7, 2017 7:00 AM - 11:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 6.5 mile(s) Comments:     Brookline Bird Club Plum Island morning trip lead by Jonathan Center plus 2 participants. Birded refuge from parking lot # 1 south to lot # 7. 54 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose  9 Mute Swan

South Shore Century Run – 5/6/17

Wompatuck SP, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US May 6, 2017 5:00 AM - 9:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 7.0 mile(s) Comments:     BBC trip, 2 others joined at 6:30 59 species Canada Goose  2 Mute Swan  1 Wild Turkey  1 Great Egret  1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X Mourning Dove  5 Barred Owl (Northern)  2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1 Red-bellied

Mt. Auburn Cemetery – 5/6/17

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US May 6, 2017 7:00 AM - 12:32 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments:     BBC trip, Sabrina Hepburn leader with up to 12 participants 60 species Canada Goose  2 Mallard  1 Wild Turkey  5 Double-crested Cormorant  2 Great Blue Heron  1 Cooper's Hawk  2 Ring-billed Gull  3 Herring Gull  2

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