Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 17, 2024 8:07 AM – 10:09 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.2 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – clear, light NW breeze, 40s

27 species

Common Eider  20

Harlequin Duck  48

Black Scoter  102

Long-tailed Duck  2

Ring-billed Gull  1

American Herring Gull  14

Great Black-backed Gull  3

Northern Gannet  6

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Peregrine Falcon  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1    Heard only

White-breasted Nuthatch  1    Heard only

Carolina Wren  1    Heard only

European Starling  2

American Robin  2

House Finch  2

Pine Siskin  1    Heard only

American Goldfinch  2

Snow Bunting  2

Eastern Towhee  1    Heard only

Yellow-rumped Warbler  5

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S203222915

Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 16, 2024 6:43 AM – 8:44 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.465 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip. The Scissor Tail Flycatcher was the last bird of the day, but we got it:) Bluebirds abounded, 1 Golden Crowned Kinglet and so forth…,

28 species

Canada Goose  1

Mallard  16

Mourning Dove  10

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1    2 of us heard.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  1    Pics

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  9

Tufted Titmouse  3

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  7

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  12

Eastern Bluebird  9

American Robin  8

Cedar Waxwing  2

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  2

American Tree Sparrow  3

Dark-eyed Junco  8

White-throated Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  2

Swamp Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S203222925

Draw Seven SP, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 16, 2024 7:30 AM – 9:20 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club New Members walk at Draw 7 State Park, sunny, clear and cold, minimal wind.

20 species

Canada Goose  28

Mute Swan  1

Mallard  1

American Black Duck  6

Bufflehead  6

Common Goldeneye  4

Red-breasted Merganser  4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  16

Mourning Dove  3

Ring-billed Gull  3

American Herring Gull  14

Great Black-backed Gull  3

Double-crested Cormorant  60

Downy Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  2

European Starling  22

Northern Mockingbird  2

House Sparrow  9

Dark-eyed Junco  1

Song Sparrow  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S203222913

Allen’s Pond WS, Bristol, Massachusetts, US

Nov 10, 2024 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk-Allens Pond WS-Leader Nick Paulson

56 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  14

Mute Swan  2

Gadwall  2

Mallard  12

American Black Duck  40

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  2

Surf Scoter  4

White-winged Scoter  10

Black Scoter  8

scoter sp.  100

Bufflehead  20

Common Goldeneye  2

Hooded Merganser  28

Red-breasted Merganser  60

Mourning Dove  1

Virginia Rail  1

Black-bellied Plover  1

Killdeer  1

Laughing Gull  1

Ring-billed Gull  60

American Herring Gull  30

Great Black-backed Gull  10

Horned Grebe  35

Red-necked Grebe  1

Red-throated Loon  20

Common Loon  12

Double-crested Cormorant  180

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  8

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  8

Black-capped Chickadee  12

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

Golden-crowned Kinglet  5

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Winter Wren  1

Carolina Wren  14

European Starling  25

Gray Catbird  6

Northern Mockingbird  2

Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  8

American Robin  30

House Sparrow  6

American Pipit  1

House Finch  9

American Goldfinch  10

Snow Bunting  11

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  3

White-throated Sparrow  14

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  10

Swamp Sparrow  3

Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed)  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  23

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S204121897

Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Nov 10, 2024 7:58 AM – 10:48 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.85 mile(s)

46 species

Canada Goose  81

Mute Swan  3

Mallard  18

Green-winged Teal (American)  6

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  26

Killdeer  5

Ring-billed Gull  5

American Herring Gull  1

Common Loon  1

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Bald Eagle  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Belted Kingfisher  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Merlin  1

Peregrine Falcon (North American)  1    Immature

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  4

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  89

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  11

Purple Finch  1    Heard and seen with the group

American Goldfinch  8

Field Sparrow  1

Fox Sparrow (Red)  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  7

White-throated Sparrow  9

Savannah Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  13

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Rusty Blackbird  1    Adult breeding plumage, yellow iris

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S206234222

Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Nov 10, 2024 10:45 AM – 11:05 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

9 species

Wood Duck  13

Mallard  2

American Black Duck  2

Mourning Dove  3

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Dark-eyed Junco  1

White-throated Sparrow  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S206234218

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 9, 2024 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC bird walk Fresh Pond

28 species

Canada Goose  17

Mallard  8

Ring-necked Duck  47

Hooded Merganser  2

Ruddy Duck  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  11

Mourning Dove  6

American Herring Gull  5

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  4

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

European Starling  33

American Robin  16

Cedar Waxwing  6

House Sparrow  6

House Finch  6

American Goldfinch  9

Dark-eyed Junco  4

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  7

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S203222910

Lake Quannapowitt, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 3, 2024 8:19 AM – 9:01 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.29 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Trip Led by: Dave Williams – The Lakes of Wakefield and Lynnfield 6 of us had a beautiful crisp morning with a nice variety of waterfowl throughout our morning

Mostly Stationary and walking a small area of cemetery

18 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  8

duck sp.  1

Mourning Dove  2

Ring-billed Gull  7

American Herring Gull  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4

Carolina Wren  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  9

House Sparrow  1

House Finch  2

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  14

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  4

new world sparrow sp.  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201535984

Crystal Lake, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 3, 2024 9:11 AM – 9:56 AM

Mostly stationary with walking to scope from points

26 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  19

Mute Swan  4

Wood Duck  52    Conservative

Mallard  78

American Black Duck  2

Ring-necked Duck  32

Bufflehead  10

Hooded Merganser  6

duck sp.  1    Northern shoveler x Mallard possibly

Mourning Dove  4

Ring-billed Gull  2

American Herring Gull  2

Pied-billed Grebe  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Carolina Wren  1

American Robin  4

American Goldfinch  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201535982

Lynnfield Marsh–Audubon Rd. and Edgewater, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 3, 2024 10:27 AM – 11:23 AM

Mostly Stationary with some walking

27 species

Canada Goose  54

Mute Swan  6

American Wigeon  1

Mallard  25

American Black Duck  15

Northern Pintail  5    2 male

Green-winged Teal (American)  33    Conservative / Not unusual here

Mourning Dove  4

American Coot  9

Killdeer  3

Ring-billed Gull  3

American Herring Gull  2

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

European Starling  4

American Robin  4

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201535980

Suntaug Lake, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 3, 2024 11:38 AM – 11:57 AM

15 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  9

Mute Swan  23

Gadwall  4

Mallard  9

Ring-necked Duck  12

Greater/Lesser Scaup  9

Bufflehead  18

Common Merganser (North American)  2

Mourning Dove  1

Ring-billed Gull  1

American Herring Gull  5

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Carolina Wren  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  5

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201535978

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Jane and I led our annual Brookline Bird Club field trip along the New Hampshire seacoast.  This is at least the 16th consecutive year that we’ve led this trip.  Past rarities on this trip have included Rufous Hummingbird, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Murre, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Hooded Warbler, Baird’s Sandpiper, King Eider, and many more.   This year, we didn’t get any new rarities, and many of the recent rarities have either departed or we missed them.  We missed the recent rarities of Forster’s Terns, Long-billed Dowitcher, Dickcissel, Grasshopper Sparrow, Orchard Oriole, and Orange-crowned Warbler.  BUT, we came up with an overall list of 74 species, which is an excellent total for the day.

Visiting – Hampton Beach State Park, Bicentennial Park in Hampton, Eel Pond in Rye, Goss Farm in Rye, Ragged Neck in Rye, and Odiorne Point State Park.
Weather – Sunny and cool in morning with moderate NW wind which diminished and then turned into a sea breeze in the afternoon. Overall a nice day.  High temperature of about 50F.
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Total List – 74 species
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Brant    4 – Spotted by Holly Bauer heading north from Bicentennial Park.
Canada Goose    181 – Migrating flocks
Mute Swan    1 – Continuing juvenile on Eel Pond.
Wood Duck    13 – Jim and Katie only on Eel Pond.
Mallard    3
American Black Duck    5
Ring-necked Duck    8 – Eel Pond.
Greater Scaup    1 – Female on Eel Pond.
Common Eider    52
Surf Scoter    38
White-winged Scoter    5
Black Scoter    77
Long-tailed Duck    5
Bufflehead    27
Red-breasted Merganser    11
Wild Turkey    1 – Odiorne
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)    14
Semipalmated Plover    7 – Ragged Neck
Greater Yellowlegs    1
Dunlin    21
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER    1 – One late bird after trip concluded, but with Sheila Graydon and Melissa Fleming.  Across from Wallis Sand’s State Beach.
Bonaparte’s Gull    61
Ring-billed Gull    10
American Herring Gull    28
Great Black-backed Gull    1
Pied-billed Grebe    1 – Eel Pond
Horned Grebe    3
Red-necked Grebe    2
Red-throated Loon    9
Common Loon    6
Northern Gannet    15
Double-crested Cormorant    223 – Most migrating.
Great Blue Heron    1
Turkey Vulture    2
Bald Eagle    3
Red-tailed Hawk    2
Belted Kingfisher    1
Downy Woodpecker    2
Merlin    1
Peregrine Falcon    1 – Bicentennial Park
Blue Jay    5
American Crow    9
Common Raven    1
Black-capped Chickadee    12
Tufted Titmouse    1
Horned Lark    9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet    1
Golden-crowned Kinglet    10
White-breasted Nuthatch    1
Red-breasted Nuthatch    3
Brown Creeper    1 at Odiorne
Winter Wren    1 picked out by Ethan Ring at Odiorne running on the ground in front of us in the grasses!
Carolina Wren    2
European Starling    12
Northern Mockingbird    2
Eastern Bluebird    6
Hermit Thrush    1
House Sparrow    7
House Finch    5
Purple Finch    1 – One female at Odiorne Point State Park.  For what it’s worth, THIS IS MY FIRST RECORD OF PURPLE FINCH AT ODIORNE IN 4 YEARS!!!!  That’s how rare I’ve found them to be at Odiorne.
Pine Siskin    1 – One flyover at Goss Farm.
American Goldfinch    4
Lapland Longspur    2 – Hampton Beach State Park.
Snow Bunting    150 – Nice flocks at Hampton Beach SP and Odiorne.
Dark-eyed Junco    8
White-throated Sparrow    4
Savannah Sparrow    4
Song Sparrow    15
Swamp Sparrow    4
Red-winged Blackbird    3
BLACKPOLL WARBLER    1 – One lingering bird picked out by Ethan Ring high in Pine at Odiorne.
Pine Warbler    1
Yellow-rumped Warbler    5
Northern Cardinal    2

Insects
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Monarch – 1 at Goss Farm
Red Admiral – 2 at Ragged Neck in Rye
American Lady – 1 at Ragged Neck in Rye
Clouded Sulphur – 1 at Odiorne
Clouded/Orange Sulphur – 1 at Goss Farm

Autumn Meadowhawk – 1 at Odiorne

Steve Mirick

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 2, 2024 9:00 AM – 1:02 PM

Protocol: Traveling

6.239 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Trip- Parker River NWR – Leader Nick Paulson – 6 Participants, cold start with a little wind, cloudy with very few random sprinkles. Quieter for passerines, but plenty of ducks.

71 species

Brant  12

Canada Goose  14

Mute Swan  4

Blue-winged Teal  2

Northern Shoveler  3

Gadwall  80

American Wigeon  50

Mallard  20

American Black Duck  250

Northern Pintail  100

Green-winged Teal (American)  100

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  3

Surf Scoter  2

White-winged Scoter  20

Black Scoter  600

Long-tailed Duck  14

Bufflehead  7

Hooded Merganser  24

Red-breasted Merganser  22

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8

Mourning Dove  3

Black-bellied Plover  11

Semipalmated Plover  9

Long-billed Dowitcher  1

Greater Yellowlegs  40

Dunlin  100

Pectoral Sandpiper  1

Bonaparte’s Gull  7

Ring-billed Gull  10

American Herring Gull  40

Great Black-backed Gull  15

Pied-billed Grebe  2

Horned Grebe  3

Red-throated Loon  2

Common Loon  22

Northern Gannet  30

Double-crested Cormorant  60

Great Egret  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2

Northern Harrier  1

Bald Eagle  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Peregrine Falcon (North American)  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1    Late, Hellcat area. Green back, light below, gray cap with black edge, black eyeline, long bill with vireo hook at end.

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  16

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Red-breasted Nuthatch  3

Marsh Wren  1

European Starling  1

Northern Mockingbird  2

Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  1

American Robin  9

House Sparrow  4

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  7

White-throated Sparrow  16

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  3

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  12

Swamp Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  12

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201274364

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