Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Aug 6, 2016 7:58 AM - 1:56 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Plum Island - Leader: Neil Hayward 63 species Canada Goose 24 American Black Duck 3 Mallard 7 Hooded Merganser 1 Wild Turkey 1 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Double-crested Cormorant 16 Great Blue Heron 9 [...]
Dunback Meadows, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 6, 2016 6:53 AM - 7:48 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.8 mile(s) Comments: BBC Dunback Meadow-Bobbie Hodson-Mildly overcast--no one came! only local breeders seen 17 species Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 9 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Blue Jay 4 Black-capped Chickadee 2 House Wren 2 Carolina Wren [...]
Several people joined me on our morning trip. The weather was cool. Skies were overcast with occasional rain…No problem with greenheads, but mosquitoes were plentiful.. Forty nine species of birds were seen. The highlight was the AMERICAN AVOCET which was still there after a week.. Also seen were two FOSTER’S TERNS several RUDDY TURNSTONES, (thank [...]
A combined BBC/SSBC trip to Plymouth Beach occurred yesterday. The weather, although hot, was not as humid as the past days or past trips. The lack of birds is deafening. Only 2 Common Terns and a total of only 117 (!!!) individual shorebirds of which 29 are nesting there (true-the young birders group saw a [...]
Several birders joined us on our monthly trip aboard the Seven Seas Whale Watch boat on Saturday, 7/23/16… We were happy to find the YELLOW CROWNED NIGHT HERON on the flats behind the Ticket and Gift shop for the Seven Seas Whale Watch… The day at sea was delightful. A cool way to bird on [...]
Highland Plantation, Maine, Somerset, Maine, US - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30845652 Kennebunk Plains, York, Maine - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30845653 Belgrade, Maine, Messalonskee Lake, Kennebec, Maine - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30845666 Gilman Pond, Maine, Somerset, Maine - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30845664 Maine, Lexington Township, Somerset, Maine - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30845662 Highland Plantation, Maine, Somerset, Maine - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30845657 Maine, Carrying Place Town Township, Somerset, Maine - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30845661 Maine, Pierce Pond [...]
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) 2 Mourning [...]
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 [...]
