Castle Island and Pleasure Bay, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Nov 23, 2025 7:59 AM – 10:58 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.072 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Joint BBC/BNC Walk

Leaders: Correne George, Neil Calabro, Mike McCarthy & Samuel Harris

Low to Intermediate High Tide

24 species

Brant (Pale-bellied)  30

Canada Goose  48

American Black Duck  3

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  35

Surf Scoter  18

Long-tailed Duck  12

Bufflehead  50

Common Goldeneye  4

Red-breasted Merganser  40

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  25

Ruddy Turnstone  3

Dunlin  102

Ring-billed Gull  55

American Herring Gull  40

Great Black-backed Gull  10

Horned Grebe  1

Red-throated Loon  12

Common Loon  10

Double-crested Cormorant  20

European Starling  6

House Sparrow  7

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286476241

Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 23, 2025 8:01 AM – 10:58 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.97 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline bird club walk 19 including leader

31 species

Canada Goose  66

Mallard  44

American Black Duck  14

Green-winged Teal  17

Common Merganser  12

Mourning Dove  1

American Coot  2

American Herring Gull  22

Great Blue Heron  6

Northern Harrier  1

Bald Eagle  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  6

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  8

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Tufted Titmouse  5

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  9

Red-breasted Nuthatch  4

Carolina Wren  1

Eastern Bluebird  4

American Robin  4

American Goldfinch  18

American Tree Sparrow  8

Dark-eyed Junco  2

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  19

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286476238

Arnold Arboretum, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Nov 22, 2025 9:11 AM – 10:32 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.825 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club – Early Birders @ Arnold Arboretum

50 degrees & rainy

20 species

Mallard  3

Mourning Dove  25

American Herring Gull  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  40

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  50

House Sparrow  10

House Finch  16

Dark-eyed Junco  12

White-throated Sparrow  16

Song Sparrow  3

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S297693390

Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 22, 2025 7:00 AM – 8:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

20 species

Canada Goose  25

Mourning Dove  3

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2    Heard only.

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  6

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  20

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  5

Cedar Waxwing  30

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  4

Dark-eyed Junco  20

White-throated Sparrow  15

Song Sparrow  1

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286921813

Putnamville, Chery Hill and Artichoke Reservoirs, and Parker River NWR

46 species total, including 18 ducks, a goose and a swan.

https://ebird.org/tripreport/433768

Franklin Park–Scarboro Pond, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Nov 16, 2025 8:34 AM – 10:10 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.825 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    52°

Partly Cloudy

13 species

Canada Goose  374

Mallard  28

American Black Duck  3

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  5

Downy Woodpecker  4

Blue Jay  3

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  1

Carolina Wren  1

American Robin  1

House Sparrow  2

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 16, 2025 7:54 AM – 10:07 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.713 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip with 14 birders.

☁️

Overcast clouds

Temperature: 44 – 50°F

Wind: Mostly calm – moderate breeze

Wind Direction: SW – W

Cloud Cover: 100%

Humidity: 87 – 95%

Dew point: 43 – 47°F

Sunrise: 6:35am

Sunset: 4:19pm

Weather generated by <a href=”https://raincrow.app/”>RainCrow</a>

30 species

Mallard  5

Common Eider  150

Harlequin Duck  60

Surf Scoter  20

White-winged Scoter  20

Black Scoter  20

Long-tailed Duck  12

Red-breasted Merganser  2

Sanderling  12

Bonaparte’s Gull  1

Ring-billed Gull  6

American Herring Gull  80

Great Black-backed Gull  5

Red-throated Loon  2

Common Loon  2

Northern Gannet  70

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  200

Eastern Bluebird  1

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  12

Snow Bunting  2

Song Sparrow  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S284906613

Revere Beach–Pink Apartments, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Nov 15, 2025 10:05 AM – 12:28 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.701 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC gull-focused trip

14 species

Brant  8

Surf Scoter  1

White-winged Scoter  5

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  50

Ring-billed Gull  30

American Herring Gull  100

Great Black-backed Gull  9

Horned Grebe  5

Red-necked Grebe  1

Red-throated Loon  1

Common Loon  1

Northern Harrier  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Snow Bunting  30

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S284762676

Winthrop Beach and Five Sisters, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Nov 15, 2025 1:02 PM – 1:58 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.401 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Continuation of BBC gull walk. 5 people including 2 leaders

16 species

Brant  5

Canada Goose  28

Common Eider  8

Surf Scoter  5

White-winged Scoter  1

Bufflehead  27

Red-breasted Merganser  42    Estimate

Mourning Dove  1

Ring-billed Gull  7

American Herring Gull  12

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Horned Grebe  3

Red-throated Loon  2

Common Loon  4

Double-crested Cormorant  5

Snow Bunting  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S284762681

Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Nov 9, 2025 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC-BNC Bird Walk

40 species

Canada Goose  18

Wood Duck  20

Mallard  17

American Black Duck  16

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  30

Mourning Dove  5

Common Loon  9

Great Egret  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  9

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  11

American Crow  6

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  3

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

Winter Wren  1

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  3

Gray Catbird  1    1 Heard by canoe Launch parking lot; 1 also seen by Solar panels

Northern Mockingbird  4

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  10

Cedar Waxwing  14

House Finch  4

Purple Finch  2    Flyover calling by solar panels

Pine Siskin  1    Observed with Goldfinches

American Goldfinch  44

American Tree Sparrow  3

Dark-eyed Junco  8

White-throated Sparrow  6

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  18

Swamp Sparrow  4

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Common Grackle  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S283790589

Allen’s Pond WS, Bristol, Massachusetts, US

Nov 9, 2025 8:22 AM – 10:22 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Allens Pond WS – Leaders Nick Paulson. Quiet for land birds, lots of ducks on the pond.

30 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  40

Northern Shoveler  1

Mallard  4

American Black Duck  80

Bufflehead  50

Common Goldeneye  4

Hooded Merganser  15

Red-breasted Merganser  75

Ring-billed Gull  2

American Herring Gull  50

Great Black-backed Gull  5

gull sp.  500

Double-crested Cormorant  25

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  6

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  12

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  3

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  10

House Sparrow  5

American Pipit  2

House Finch  8

Purple Finch  2

American Goldfinch  3

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  3

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S283790578