Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Jul 9, 2016 5:53 AM - 9:08 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.85 mile(s) Comments: BBC breeding bird conservation trip 43 species (+2 other taxa) Canada Goose 30 Wood Duck 7 Mallard 2 Great Blue Heron 7 Killdeer 2 shorebird sp. 1 in flight Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
The BBC's inaugural breeding bird conservation trip was held last night at Pine Hill Road area in Lancaster, MA. The trip was very successful and all participants managed to both hear and see all three endangered breeding bird target species: Grasshopper Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, and Eastern Whip-poor-will. These sightings are officially submitted to the MA
Quabbin Reservoir--Gate 10, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US Jul 3, 2016 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 4.5 mile(s) Comments: SSBC/BBC trip 49 species Wood Duck 1 young bird, just a week or so out of the nest, no adult or siblings seen Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1 Turkey Vulture 2 Broad-winged Hawk
About 18 members of The Brookline Bird Club birded on the Seven Seas Whale Watch out of Gloucester today, Sunday 6/26/16. Not only did we see whales up close and personal, but over a thousand seabirds. Captain Jay Frontierro called out birds for us which is very special for someone on a whale watching boat
Housatonic River Valley WMA, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US Jun 19, 2016 6:00 AM - 6:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: BBC/SSBC trip 39 species Canada Goose 7 Mallard (Northern) 1 Ring-necked Pheasant (Ring-necked) 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X Mourning Dove 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Alder Flycatcher 1 Willow Flycatcher
Mt. Greylock, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US Jun 18, 2016 6:00 AM - 3:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 14.5 mile(s) Comments: BBC/SSBC trip 48 species Turkey Vulture 7 Broad-winged Hawk 2 Mourning Dove 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Least Flycatcher 3 Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Jun 8, 2016 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Great Meadows NWR - Leader: Clayton Swanson 36 species Canada Goose X Mute Swan X Wood Duck X Mallard X Wild Turkey X Great Blue Heron X Red-tailed Hawk X Virginia Rail
Skinner State Park, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US Jun 4, 2016 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 4.5 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Westover Air Force Base for Grassland Birds - Leader: Linda Ferraresso - multiple locations - Continuation of the BBC Westover AFB Grassland complex walk earlier in the morning. Birds observed primarily from Halfway
Westover Grasslands Complex, Hampden, Massachusetts, US Jun 4, 2016 7:45 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Westover Air Force Base for Grassland Birds - Leader: Linda Ferraresso - multiple locations - BBC walk combined with Allen and Hampshire bird clubs - cloudy much of the visit, though sun came
Causeway St, Millis, Massachusetts, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US Jun 4, 2016 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Millis and Medfield Breeding Birds - Leader: John O'Connell 50 species Wood Duck 5 Mallard 4 Great Blue Heron 10 Green Heron 5 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 6 Black-billed Cuckoo 3
