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

Cape Ann – 12/11/2025

Niles Pond, Atlantic Road, Granite Pier, Cathedral Ledge, Andrews Point, Halibut Point 31 species, lots of ducks, no alcids https://ebird.org/tripreport/441168?welcome=true

Belle Isle and Lewis Lake, Winthrop – 12/7/2025

Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Dec 7, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.4 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    Joint BBC/BNC Walk Leaders: Mike McCarthy, Neil Calabro, Correne George & Samuel Harris 35 species Canada Goose  200 Mallard  4 American Black Duck  7 Common Eider  2 Bufflehead  16 Red-breasted Merganser  2 Rock

Neponset River Trail – 12/6/2025

Neponset River Trail, Boston US-MA 42.26951, -71.08649, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Dec 6, 2025 8:41 AM - 10:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.307 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    Cloudy Temp: mid 30s 21 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose  2 Mallard  9 Green-winged Teal  4    All Females, small brown with green patch on speculum Hooded Merganser  1 

Dunback Meadow – 12/6/2025

Dunback Meadow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Dec 6, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club.  Recorded on paper and entered later. 32 species Canada Goose  80 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5 American Herring Gull  1 Sharp-shinned Hawk  2    Immature at Clark Middle School parking lot and

Winthrop Beach – 12/6/2025

Winthrop Beach and Five Sisters, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Dec 6, 2025 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) 16 species Mallard  4 Common Eider  100 Surf Scoter  4 White-winged Scoter  20 Bufflehead  20 Common Goldeneye  15 Red-breasted Merganser  15 Ring-billed Gull  5 American Herring Gull  50 Great Black-backed Gull  5 Horned Grebe  6

Belle Isle and Winthrop – 11/30/2025

Belle Isle Cemetery and Winthrop Compost Dump, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US Nov 30, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:20 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.75 mile(s) Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk 11-30-25 24 species Brant  40 Canada Goose  85 Mallard  4 American Black Duck  18 White-winged Scoter  3 Black Scoter  1 Bufflehead  8 Red-breasted Merganser  8 Mourning

Cape Ann – 11/29/2025

Fish Pier, Eastern Point, Niles Pond, Atlantic Road, Cathedral Ledge https://ebird.org/tripreport/437886?welcome=true

Cape Cod – 11/29/2025

Dennis, Barnstable, Sandwich and Great Herring Pond Highlights included 21 species of waterfowl including Eurasian Wigeon at Shawme Pond, 10 Pintail at Mill Pond, and a Black Guillemot, 250 Razorbills and an Iceland Gull at Corporation Beach https://ebird.org/tripreport/438748

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