Millenium Park, West Roxbury – 1/31/2026

Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Jan 31, 2026 8:10 AM - 10:32 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.875 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Early Birders - 10 degrees F, sunny, light wind. started by canoe launch & walked up the road to the top of the park and back 24 species Canada Goose  22

Halibut Pt, Rockport – 1/18/2026

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US Jan 18, 2026 7:57 AM - 10:11 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.241 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    BBC - Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning - Leader: Peter Van Demark - Overcast, light breeze, 30s 19 species Mallard  24    Flying over American Black Duck  6 Common Eider  46 Harlequin Duck 

Cumberland Farms – 1/17/2026

Cumberland Farms (IBA), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US Jan 17, 2026 7:16 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.312 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk. Ray Bedard led the walk with 6 participants.  31 degrees to start with a slight breeze. 37 degrees at the end of the walk and the wind was starting to

Salisbury Beach State Reservation – 1/11/2026

Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Essex, Massachusetts, US Jan 11, 2026 7:35 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    Overcast, a raw 37 degrees.  Outgoing tide.  Led BBC walk. 24 species Mallard  5 Common Eider  80 Surf Scoter  5 White-winged Scoter  45 Long-tailed Duck  12 Bufflehead  6 Common Goldeneye  4 Red-breasted Merganser 

Castle Island and Pleasure Bay – 1/11/2026

Castle Island and Pleasure Bay, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Jan 11, 2026 8:00 AM - 10:16 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.045 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    Joint BBC/BNC Walk Leaders: Correne George, Neil Calabro, Mike McCarthy & Samuel Harris Intermediate to Low Tide Mammal: harbor seal 23 species Brant (Pale-bellied)  78 Canada Goose  70 American Black Duck  15

Arnold Arboretum – 1/3/2026

Arnold Arboretum, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Jan 3, 2026 8:58 AM - 11:20 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.663 mile(s) 20 species Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X Mourning Dove  1 American Herring Gull  5 Red-tailed Hawk  2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1    Next to the hunnewewell building. Seen with a pretty big group so hopefully we have photos Red-bellied

Cape Ann – 1/3/2026

Meeting at fisherman statue at 8:30 am. Brisk wind at this location and several sites. Eastern side of Cape Ann was more sheltered and had much calmer oceans. High tide 10:30 am with splash over in several sites as it was a full moon. Jodrey Fish Pier was lacking in gull numbers, nothing unusual and

Race Point Beach, Provincetown – 1/1/2026

Race Point Beach, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US Jan 1, 2026 7:02 AM - 10:11 AM Protocol: Traveling 4.259 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Race Point Beach walk. Leader Ray Bedard. No participants today most likely due to the snowy conditions.  Temps ran at about 32 degrees the entire walk. Winds were very light.

New Year’s Day at Newburyport – 1/1/2026

It was a perfect winter day with snow squalls in the AM, temps that hovered around 23°F, and winds that gusted throughout the PM. We birded Cashman Park, the Merrimack River, Salisbury Beach State Park, and Parker River NWR, and tallied 59 species for the club list.  Highlights include: 3 Barrow's Goldeneye and 4 Bald

Millenium Park, West Roxbury – 12/14/2025

Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Dec 14, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:40 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club - Boston Nature Center walk. 22 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose  80 Mallard  42 Bufflehead  2 Common/Red-breasted Merganser  1 Cooper's Hawk  1 Northern Harrier  1 Red-tailed Hawk  2 Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

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