Nahanton Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 18, 2024 7:15 AM – 9:35 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.342 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Wednesday at Nahanton walk #2. Still and cool, mostly sunny.

30 species

Mourning Dove  5

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1    brief calls

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  4

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  10

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  3

Gray Catbird  12

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  13

Cedar Waxwing  14

House Finch  5

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  8

Song Sparrow  11

Common Grackle  6

Nashville Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  3

American Redstart  1

Northern Parula  1

Yellow Warbler  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  3

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S195920708

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

Sep 17, 2024 7:38 AM – 9:53 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.8 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk led by Cris Van Dyke

25 species

Canada Goose  2

Wood Duck  30

Mallard  9

Sora  1

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Greater Yellowlegs  2

Great Blue Heron  6

Northern Harrier  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Merlin  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  11

Black-capped Chickadee  9

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  7

Marsh Wren  1

Carolina Wren  6

Gray Catbird  5

American Goldfinch  8

Song Sparrow  12

Swamp Sparrow  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S206149697

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 15, 2024 7:56 AM – 10:31 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.633 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – Clear, mild, calm: gorgeous day!

19 species

Common Eider  24    Many in flock off Folly Point

White-winged Scoter  17    Two groups heading south

Black Scoter  9

Mourning Dove  1

Laughing Gull  9

Herring Gull  63    Many in flock on Folly Point

Great Black-backed Gull  3

Double-crested Cormorant  5

Northern Flicker  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  1    Heard only

Carolina Wren  3    Heard only

Gray Catbird  8

Cedar Waxwing  25

Baltimore Oriole  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S195417481

Parker River NWR–Salt Pannes, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 15, 2024 8:05 AM – 11:07 AM

Protocol: Traveling

7.956 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Low 70s, sunny day at PRNWR. Started at Lot 1, proceeded to the main pans, ended at Hellcat.

36 species

Green-winged Teal  6

Mourning Dove  1

Sora  1

Black-bellied Plover  4

American Golden-Plover  3

Killdeer  1

Semipalmated Plover  45

Short-billed Dowitcher  4

Long-billed Dowitcher  12    Resting at Hellcat Dike.

Greater Yellowlegs  10

Stilt Sandpiper  2

Dunlin  5

White-rumped Sandpiper  61

Least Sandpiper  2

Semipalmated Sandpiper  71

Ring-billed Gull  4

Herring Gull  8

Double-crested Cormorant  7

Yellow-crowned Night Heron  2    Seen along channel from Hellcat Dike

Snowy Egret  9

Great Egret  15

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  2

Northern Harrier  2

Northern Flicker  1

Merlin  1

Peregrine Falcon  2

Blue Jay  5

Gray Catbird  3

American Goldfinch  1

Clay-colored Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  4

Eastern Towhee  1

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Common Yellowthroat  2

Yellow Warbler  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S195417488

Danehy Park, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 15, 2024 8:10 AM – 9:51 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.45 kilometer(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline bird club trip

21 species

Mourning Dove  1

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1    Unexpected find in the marshy area. Fairly large with brown body, white belly, and rufous in the wings, long tailed. Yellow in the bill. Seen thrashing and then eating a large dragonfly.

Herring Gull  3

Downy Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  6

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  2

Fish Crow  2    Calling

Common Raven  1    Flyover

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  30

Gray Catbird  9

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  8

House Sparrow  12

Savannah Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  7

Common Yellowthroat  2

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S195417483

Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Sep 14, 2024 7:00 AM – 9:10 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Sandy Oxley and Rita Grossman co-led walk for the Boxborough Birders and the Brookline Bird Club with a balanced turnout from both.  Sunny and calm.  Overall, a quiet morning.

25 species (+3 other taxa)

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  3

woodpecker sp.  1    Seen in the woods without good lighting or duration.  Probably a hairy wp, but, could not confirm.

Eastern Phoebe  9    A robust population over entire property.

Blue Jay  16

American Crow  3    Based on ones seen and heard.  Most likely more.

Common Raven  2    1 seen early in walk and pair seen at end by 1/2 the group.

Black-capped Chickadee  8    Conservative count.

Tufted Titmouse  8

White-breasted Nuthatch  9

Carolina Wren  6    2 heard very clearly on main campus near parking area/buildings; 2 at New Meadow and 2 heard calling back and forth west of lower campus in the woods.  Everyone noted their population seems to be quite robust and many noted observations elsewhere.

European Starling  25    Best estimate with low fly-over.

Gray Catbird  10    Robust population throught campus.

Eastern Bluebird  10    Conservative count.

American Robin  7    Based on ones seen.  Dense canopy likely obscuring many more.

House Sparrow  12    On main campus near main building and parking lot.

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow  6

Brown-headed Cowbird  8

blackbird sp.  85    Approximate count of high fly-over.

Black-and-white Warbler  1    Seen clearly by two.

American Redstart  2

Pine Warbler  4

new world warbler sp.  1    Two of us got a brief, but good glance at a small yellow warbler with a black eyeline which appeared to be a blue-winged warbler darting into the top 1/3 of canopy on deciduous trees between Shaker House and Fruitlands Museum.  They usually leave ~ 3rd week in September and have bred here.  One was seen in Worcester Co. on 9/10/24.  Could not definitively confirm as was not seen again.  Could not get a photo.

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S195417479

Cold Spring Park, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 14, 2024 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.4 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip

20 species

Canada Goose  6

Mallard  4

Mourning Dove  1

Barred Owl  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Blue Jay  12

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  4

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  2

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  1

Common Grackle  6

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S195920695

Nahanton Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 11, 2024 7:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Wednesday walk no. 1. Sun, still, 55 deg and warming. Several more warblers left un-identified.

27 species

Mourning Dove  8

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1    heard at river

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  4

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  12

Black-capped Chickadee  8

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  6

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  12

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  7

Swamp Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  1    heard at river

Common Grackle  8

Nashville Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S194923975

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 10, 2024 6:48 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

7.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    I joined the Brookline Bird Club walk led by Dave Williams. 

Mostly sunny 57-69 degrees with winds varying West 7 to NW 8 mph and gusts up to 15 mph.  Tide outgoing with low tide at 10:57 am. 

We stopped at the pans, North Pool Overlook, Hellcat dike twice, Sandy Point State Reservation, Lot 7 Emerson Rocks and Stage Island trail along the dike.  Distance estimated to  adjust for return trip.

37 species

Canada Goose  50    Rough estimate in Stage Island Pool

Mallard  5

Green-winged Teal  3    Hellcat Bill Forward Pool

Common Eider  10    Emerson Rocks

Sora  1    Continuing in corner of Bill Forward from Hellcat dike

Killdeer  1

Semipalmated Plover  25    Pans, Bill Forward Pool, Sandy Point and Lot 7 beach

Short-billed Dowitcher  16

Long-billed Dowitcher  11    Hellcat dike North Pool. One group of 3 and another group of 8 flew in. Long bills, hunch back shape stood out from other Short billed Dowitchers nearby

Greater Yellowlegs  18

Sanderling  5    Sandy Point State Reservation and Lot 7 beach

Dunlin  2    Main pans

White-rumped Sandpiper  10    Main pans

Least Sandpiper  2    On far shore main pans. Smaller shorebirds with yellowish green legs . Needed scope to see enough color.

Semipalmated Sandpiper  125    Rough estimate at pans, Hellcat, Sandy Point and Lot 7

Ring-billed Gull  10

American Herring Gull  15

Great Black-backed Gull  4    Sandy Point and Lot 7 Emerson Rocks

Common Tern  2    Sandy Point

Double-crested Cormorant  5

Black-crowned Night Heron  4    Immatures near the concrete water control at Hellcat dike North Pool

Snowy Egret  26    Main pans and Lot 3 pans

Great Egret  5

Great Blue Heron  3

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1    Seen flying near Cross Farm Hill with a Northern Harrier. Long tail and shape of Accipiter

Northern Harrier  3

Belted Kingfisher  1    Hovering and chattering calls near Lot 1 boat ramp

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Barn Swallow  12    Beach Sandy Point and Lot 7 brach

European Starling  3

Gray Catbird  7

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S206121028

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 8, 2024 9:15 AM – 2:14 PM

Protocol: Traveling

7.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Plum Island PRNWR- Leader Nick Paulson.  Sunny, cool and windy to start, warming as the day went. Quiet overall, shorebirds seemed to be flushed by Peregrines before we got to each stop, but finally we got good views of several shorebird species at Stage Island. The Guillemot continued to give good views at Emerson Rocks.

50 species (+5 other taxa)

Canada Goose  10

Gadwall  12

Mallard  13

American Black Duck  20

Green-winged Teal  8

Common Eider  10

Mourning Dove  4

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Black-bellied Plover  1

Semipalmated Plover  75

Short-billed Dowitcher  6

Long-billed Dowitcher  2

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher  40

Lesser Yellowlegs  6

Greater Yellowlegs  20

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs  25

Ruddy Turnstone  1

Stilt Sandpiper  1

Sanderling  4

White-rumped Sandpiper  3

Least Sandpiper  2

Pectoral Sandpiper  1

Semipalmated Sandpiper  75

peep sp.  150

shorebird sp.  10    Two flyby birds at Emerson Rocks were possibly Red Knot.

Black Guillemot  1    Continuing diving repeatedly at Emerson Rocks.

Ring-billed Gull  3

Herring Gull (American)  40

Great Black-backed Gull  10

Double-crested Cormorant  25

Snowy Egret  20

Great Egret  30

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  10

Turkey Vulture  8

Osprey (carolinensis)  4

Northern Harrier  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Peregrine Falcon  2

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  20

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tree Swallow  25

Barn Swallow (American)  20

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  12

American Robin  8

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  5

Eastern Towhee  5

new world sparrow sp.  1    Possibly Savannah at lot 1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S194923968