Dunback Meadow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jan 12, 2025 7:48 AM – 10:29 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.454 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC- Dunback Meadow- about 2” snow cover , 22-30 F.

27 species

Mourning Dove  5

Turkey Vulture  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1    Two sightings; possibly two individuals.

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Barred Owl  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  6

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Blue Jay  12

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  22

Tufted Titmouse  12

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5

Carolina Wren  6

European Starling  25

Northern Mockingbird  3

Hermit Thrush  2    Together in the open area with the circular bench.

American Robin  30

House Sparrow  12

House Finch  7

American Goldfinch  15

American Tree Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  6

White-throated Sparrow  10

Song Sparrow  6

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2    Continuing in the area with boardwalks just before the bridge.

Northern Cardinal  7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S209162082

Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Salisbury, MA, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jan 12, 2025 7:14 AM – 9:39 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Sunny, little wind, mid tide rising.  Led BBC trip.

31 species

Canada Goose  35

Gadwall  2

Mallard  4

American Black Duck  38

Common Eider  60

Surf Scoter  2

White-winged Scoter  8    Probably many more in the heat shimmered distance.

Long-tailed Duck  11

Bufflehead  4

Common Goldeneye  2

Red-breasted Merganser  7

Sanderling  70

Ring-billed Gull  12

American Herring Gull  6

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Red-throated Loon  2

Common Loon  5

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Northern Harrier  1

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Red-breasted Nuthatch  2

European Starling  1

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Goldfinch  4

American Tree Sparrow  16

Dark-eyed Junco  5

White-crowned Sparrow  1    Continuing adult bird actively feeding on seed under Cedar.

White-throated Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S209162086

Neponset River Trail, Boston US-MA 42.27112, -71.06472, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jan 11, 2025 8:43 AM – 11:05 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.193 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Snowing 30°

34 species

Canada Goose  215

Mallard  58

American Black Duck  4

Bufflehead  8

Common Merganser  7

Red-breasted Merganser  10

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  32

Mourning Dove  6

Ring-billed Gull  15

American Herring Gull  2

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4    Male

Downy Woodpecker  4

Peregrine Falcon  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  5

Black-capped Chickadee  10

Tufted Titmouse  3

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  55

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  9

House Sparrow  20

House Finch  2

American Tree Sparrow  12

Dark-eyed Junco  10

White-throated Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  8

Red-winged Blackbird  150    Large flock

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S208914705

Halibut Point, Folly Cove, Andrews Point, Cathedral Ledge, Granite Pier, Atlantic Road, Niles Beach, Jodrey Fish Pier

22 species

https://ebird.org/tripreport/336167

Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jan 5, 2025 7:47 AM – 10:03 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.35 mile(s)

27 species

Canada Goose  113

Mallard  12

American Black Duck  2

Northern Pintail  2    Pair in flight

Bufflehead  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  63

Mourning Dove  6

Ring-billed Gull  2

American Herring Gull  9

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

American Kestrel  1    Male

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  6

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  9

Northern Mockingbird  1

House Sparrow  15

House Finch  12

American Goldfinch  7

American Tree Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S208456448

Cape Ann

Gloucester, Fish Pier, Niles Pond, Atlantic Road, Andrews Pt, Cathedral Ledge

https://ebird.org/tripreport/316205?welcome=true

Arnold Arboretum, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jan 4, 2025 9:05 AM – 10:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.75 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk; 26degrees, sunny, low wind

15 species

Mourning Dove  13

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

European Starling  7

American Robin  3

House Sparrow  4

American Goldfinch  7

Dark-eyed Junco  10

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S208025724

Race Point Beach, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US

Jan 1, 2025 7:01 AM – 8:55 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.251 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club RPB trip

Trip leader Ray Bedard joined by Lisa Goodwin and Adam Jost. 

47degrees and rainy to start with pretty dense fog. 

The fog gave way just a little bit as the rain ended. 

Good variety but not the numbers expected had it been a clear day.

23 species (+3 other taxa)

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  34

Surf Scoter  3

White-winged Scoter  9

Long-tailed Duck  5

Red-breasted Merganser  7

duck sp.  40    Many passing too far out in the fog

Sanderling  4

Dunlin  65

Black Guillemot  1

Razorbill  6

Dovekie  3

Common Murre  8

large alcid sp.  8

Black-legged Kittiwake  1

Ring-billed Gull  5

American Herring Gull  25

Great Black-backed Gull  20

Glaucous Gull  1    Pale winged gull without black primaries. About AHGU size. Lisa has pics.

Iceland Gull (kumlieni)  2

gull sp.  150

Red-throated Loon  2

Pacific Loon  1    Mid sized loon flying south. Head and neck held lower than the body not straight out like a Common Loon. Black hind neck well defined with white fore neck. Darker necked and headed than RTLO.

Common Loon  3

Northern Gannet  20

European Starling  2

Snow Bunting  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S208025741

Provincetown Airport, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US

Jan 1, 2025 8:59 AM – 9:35 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club RPB trip leg 2

Trip leader Ray Bedard joined by Lisa Goodwin and Adam Jost. 

48 and cloudy

Just a quick check for the Spotted Towhee which did not show.

9 species

Ring-billed Gull  6

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

American Goldfinch  1

Swamp Sparrow  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  15

Northern Cardinal  2

Beech Forest, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US

Jan 1, 2025 9:42 AM – 10:46 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.94 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club RPB trip leg 3

Trip leader Ray Bedard joined by Lisa Goodwin and Adam Jost. 

48 and cloudy 

Picked up some excellent birds here

19 species

Canada Goose  1

Mallard  19

American Black Duck  3

Northern Pintail  5

Bufflehead  2

Ring-billed Gull  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Blue Jay  8

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  8

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  4

Brown Creeper  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  6

White-throated Sparrow  4

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S208025730

95 Race Point Rd, Provincetown US-MA 42.06218, -70.19173, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US

Jan 1, 2025 10:50 AM – 11:03 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club RPB trip leg 4

Trip leader Ray Bedard joined by Lisa Goodwin and Adam Jost. 

48 and cloudy 

Stopped for the Western Tanager which Lisa spotted as soon as we got there!

10 species

Mourning Dove  16

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  2

Carolina Wren  1

House Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Pine Warbler  1

Western Tanager  1    Continuing at this location. Yellow tanager with a yellow and a white wing bar on black wings. Was at the top of tree to the right of #89. Flew across the street shortly after getting there.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S208025728

Happy New Year MassBirders!

Mark Burns and I led our 28^th Annual New Year’s Day Birding Trip for the Brookline Bird Club (BBC)! At 9:00AM, 18BBCers met at Cashman Park in Newburyport where we toasted in the New Year with sparkling apple cider, introduced ourselves, and reported on where we traveled from and what our first bird of the New Year was.  We had rain and drizzle for most of the day, temps that hovered around 44df, and little to no wind. We birded the Merrimack River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, and Salisbury Beach State Reservation and called it a day at 4:15PM.  We tallied 64 species for the Club list. Following is a complete list of the birds we saw:

Red-throated Loon –  3 

Common Loon –  1 

Horned Grebe –  7 

Red-necked Grebe –  1 

Great Cormorant – 1 

Great Blue Heron –  1 

Canada Goose –  64 

Mute Swan –  5 

Gadwall –  9 

American Black Duck –  125 

Mallard –  89 

Northern Pintail – 40 

Green-winged Teal –  2 

Ring-necked Duck – 10 

Greater Scaup – 2 

Lesser Scaup – 2 

Northern Gannet – 4 

Common Eider –  313 

Surf Scoter – 252 

White-winged Scoter –  313 

Black Scoter –  401 

Long-tailed Duck –  13 

Bufflehead –  5 

Common Goldeneye –  87 

Hooded Merganser – 11 

Common Merganser –  15 

Red-breasted Merganser –  82 

Northern Harrier –  7 

Red-tailed Hawk –  1 

Merlin –  2 

Killdeer – 1 

Sanderling –  2 

Purple Sandpiper – 3 

Dunlin – 25 

Herring Gull –  108 

Ring-billed Gull – 86   

Great Black-backed Gull –  5 

Black-legged Kittiwake –  1 

Rock Pigeon –  3 

Mourning Dove –  3 

Barred Owl – 1 

Short-eared Owl – 1 

Red-bellied Woodpecker –  1 

Downy Woodpecker –  1 

Blue Jay – 2 

American Crow – 8 

Comon Raven –  1 

Black-capped Chickadee –  4 

Tufted Titmouse – 1 

White-breasted Nuthatch –  1 

Horned Lark – 12 

Carolina Wren – 2 

American Robin –  3 

Northern Mockingbird – 2 

Hermit Thrush – 1 

European Starling –  3 

American Tree Sparrow – 2 

Song Sparrow – 4 

White-throated Sparrow –  2 

Dark-eyed Junco – 5 

Northern Cardinal – 2 

House Finch – 2 

American Goldfinch – 3 

House Sparrow –  20 

Wishing you all a very Happy, Healthy, and Birdy 2025!

Laura H. de la Flor

Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Dec 22, 2024 8:10 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

22 species

Canada Goose  60

Mute Swan  4

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  3

American Black Duck  2

Mourning Dove  1

American Herring Gull  1

Bald Eagle  1

Red-tailed Hawk  3

Belted Kingfisher  1

Downy Woodpecker  6

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  1

American Robin  2

American Goldfinch  4

American Tree Sparrow  4

Dark-eyed Junco  6

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  15

Swamp Sparrow  2

Rusty Blackbird  2    Seen in Woodpecker Corner. Other folks saw 6~

Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S206234355