Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jul 21, 2024 7:53 AM – 10:20 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.714 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – clear, hot, calm

34 species

Mallard  4

Common Eider  37    Most in flock just off shore

Mourning Dove  4

Chimney Swift  2

Herring Gull  12

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Double-crested Cormorant  15

Great Blue Heron  2

Northern Flicker  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  1    Heard only

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  1    Heard only

Tree Swallow  9

Barn Swallow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1    Heard only

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

House Wren  4

Carolina Wren  1    Heard only

Gray Catbird  8

Brown Thrasher  1

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  5

House Sparrow  4

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  2

Baltimore Oriole  1

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S189388266

Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jul 20, 2024 7:00 AM – 8:55 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.774 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk led by Davey Walters. 63-75°F, clear skies. Low tide 05:59, high tide 11:28. From Sawyer’s Island, we watched the tide come in, covering the banks of the creek and fingers of Plum Island River, pushing shorebirds toward us and the shallower inshore pannes.

61 species (+2 other taxa)

Mallard  1

Mourning Dove  3

Virginia Rail (Virginia)  1    Grunting from treestand in marsh.

Killdeer  3

Semipalmated Plover  22

Short-billed Dowitcher  1

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Lesser Yellowlegs  38

Willet (Eastern)  8

Greater Yellowlegs  13

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs  5

Least Sandpiper  35

Semipalmated Sandpiper  25

Herring Gull (American)  16

Least Tern  10    Several juveniles.

Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana)  18    Several juveniles.

Double-crested Cormorant  15

Snowy Egret  1

Great Egret  9

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  10

Glossy Ibis  1

Osprey (carolinensis)  7    Nest with 3 young just off Sawyer’s Island; adult brought a fish at long interval.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Eastern Phoebe  3    One seeming to attempt morning flight off Sawyer’s Island.

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  4

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

Bank Swallow  4

Tree Swallow  400    Largely hatch years.

Barn Swallow (American)  8    Mostly hatch years.

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  2

Marsh Wren (palustris Group)  2

Carolina Wren  5    Family group on Sawyer’s Island.

European Starling  75    Flocks of hatch years in marsh.

Gray Catbird  4

Eastern Bluebird  5    Adults feeding juveniles on power line.

American Robin  10    A few hatch years.

Cedar Waxwing  13

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  1

Saltmarsh Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6

Bobolink  1    At least one in morning flight.

Orchard Oriole  1    Male seen briefly

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  26

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  21

Common Yellowthroat  4

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  2

Northern Cardinal  3

Indigo Bunting  2    Countersinging males on territories in field by lot.

bird sp.  1    Likely Great Horned Owl seen in flight very briefly near parking lot.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S189388227

Charles River Bike Path–Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jul 20, 2024 8:05 AM – 10:05 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Waltham Land Trust, Brookline Bird Club, Menotomy Bird Club, good weather.

22 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  31

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  10

duck sp.  1    Bib duck hybrid guessing Mallard and White Domestic Goose or Duck.

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  4

Chimney Swift  4

American Herring Gull  1

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  1    Photo by Lois Rosenfeld, Lily Liqun took one too but I wasn’t able to upload it.

Downy Woodpecker  1

Peregrine Falcon  2    Soaring over River near Mary Early Bridge, have photo with them were 2 Chimney Swifts.

Warbling Vireo  5

Blue Jay  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  4

American Robin  9

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  2

Song Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S206149726

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

Jul 18, 2024 6:56 AM – 9:52 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.4 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club- Great Meadows NWR – Leaders: Cris Van Dyke and Kathy Dia – The light rain subsided just before the walk, overcast but not too hot, 70’s F.

43 species

Canada Goose  32

Mute Swan  3

Wood Duck  12

Mallard  4

Mourning Dove  5

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3

Virginia Rail  1    Heard

Killdeer  2

Spotted Sandpiper  1    River

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Egret  2

Great Blue Heron  26

Osprey  2    Seen together

Belted Kingfisher  1    On the river.

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  3

Willow Flycatcher  5    All heard and some seen.

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  10    Very active.

Warbling Vireo  4

Red-eyed Vireo  4

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  3

Barn Swallow  6

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Marsh Wren  15    Typical count for this location.

Carolina Wren  3

Gray Catbird  3

American Robin  12

Cedar Waxwing  8

American Goldfinch  18

Song Sparrow  18

Swamp Sparrow  7

Eastern Towhee  1    A surprise right near the entrance

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  100

Common Grackle  25

Common Yellowthroat  7

Yellow Warbler  4

Pine Warbler  2    In the pine woods.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615756

Winchendon/Royalston, Birch Hill WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jul 13, 2024 6:45 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/Athol B&N club trip; Glenn d’Entremont & Ernie LeBlanc leaders, 5 participants

49 species

Mourning Dove  8

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  8

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Alder Flycatcher  2

Eastern Phoebe  5

Eastern Kingbird  10

Blue-headed Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  12

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  5

Common Raven  3

Black-capped Chickadee  14

Bank Swallow  10

Tree Swallow  200

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4

Red-breasted Nuthatch  3

House Wren  5

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  6

Eastern Bluebird  6

Veery  6

Hermit Thrush  4

American Robin  17

Cedar Waxwing  12

Purple Finch (Eastern)  3

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  20

Field Sparrow  6

White-throated Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  13

Swamp Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  19

Baltimore Oriole  6

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10

Common Grackle  6

Ovenbird  2

Black-and-white Warbler  4

Common Yellowthroat  11

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  2

Pine Warbler  10

Prairie Warbler  5

Scarlet Tanager  6

Northern Cardinal  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1    female

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615743

Southwick WMA, Hampden, Massachusetts, US

Jul 7, 2024 7:30 AM – 10:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk-Southwick WMA-Leader Nick Paulson

45 species (+1 other taxa)

Mourning Dove  8

Chimney Swift  8

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  8

Eastern Wood-Pewee  3

Eastern Phoebe  7

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  10

Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  4

Blue Jay  3

Common Raven  1

Tufted Titmouse  5

Tree Swallow  12

Barn Swallow (American)  3

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Northern House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  8

Gray Catbird  4

Brown Thrasher  7    Family group of five, plus two others singing.

Northern Mockingbird  4

Eastern Bluebird  14

Veery  8

American Robin  12

Cedar Waxwing  5

House Finch  7

American Goldfinch  6

Grasshopper Sparrow  5

Chipping Sparrow  14

Field Sparrow  22    Lots of young birds, family groups, spread throughout.

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  20

Eastern Towhee  12

new world sparrow sp.  1    Looked like a Clay-colored Sparrow.

Orchard Oriole  5

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Yellowthroat  18

Pine Warbler  1

Prairie Warbler  14    Family group of 4, 3 pairs, several singles seen or calling.

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  6

Indigo Bunting  8    5 males, 1 female, 2 young

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S204121924

Quabbin Reservoir–Gate 10, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US

Jul 6, 2024 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 2 participants, rain shortened this section of walk, went to South Quabbin instead

17 species

Wild Turkey  1

Broad-winged Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Red-eyed Vireo  5

Blue Jay  1

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Veery  3

Hermit Thrush  1

Wood Thrush  1

Eastern Towhee  1

Common Yellowthroat  2

Blackburnian Warbler  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  3

Pine Warbler  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Scarlet Tanager  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615708

Quabbin, south, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US

Jul 6, 2024 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.2 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 2 participants

35 species

Wild Turkey  3    w/19 young

Mourning Dove  2

Turkey Vulture  4

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  7

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  3

Eastern Phoebe  1

Yellow-throated Vireo  7

Red-eyed Vireo  26

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  3

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5

Gray Catbird  5

Veery  5

Hermit Thrush  3

American Robin  12

Cedar Waxwing  5

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  11

Song Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  7

Baltimore Oriole  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Ovenbird  4

Black-and-white Warbler  9

Common Yellowthroat  3

American Redstart  7

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  4

Prairie Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  2

Indigo Bunting  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615719

Lake Wallace, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US

Jul 6, 2024 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.25 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 2 participants

18 species

Canada Goose  20

Wood Duck  3    plus 5 young

Mourning Dove  3

Green Heron  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  1

Common Raven  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  4

American Robin  2

House Finch  1

Song Sparrow  3

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10

Common Yellowthroat  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615720

Lynnfield Marsh–Railroad Bed, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jul 6, 2024 6:38 AM – 8:04 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Field Trip

26 species

Canada Goose  2

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  4

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Green Heron  2

Great Blue Heron  3

Northern Flicker  1

Willow Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Blue Jay  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  1

Marsh Wren  3

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  6

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  5

American Goldfinch  1

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  12

Common Grackle  1

Common Yellowthroat  4

Yellow Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615665

Lynnfield Marsh–Partridge Island Trail, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jul 6, 2024 8:05 AM – 9:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Field Trip

17 species

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  1

Herring Gull  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  2

Marsh Wren  1

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  4

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  5

Swamp Sparrow  3

Red-winged Blackbird  8

Common Yellowthroat  3

Yellow Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615697

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27th Annual Brookline Bird Club trip to the Rangeley Lakes Region, June 23 – June 30, 2024. Eddie Giles and Glenn d’Entremont, trip leaders. This list encompasses all of our sightings from the Kennebunk Plains, Lake Messalonskee in Belgrade, and throughout Rangeley and the mountains of western Maine.

The trip actively birds locations across the following five counties in Maine:

York County, Kennebec County, Oxford County, Franklin County, Somerset County

119 species

Canada Goose  33

Wood Duck  16

Mallard  1

Common Goldeneye  1

Hooded Merganser  4

Wild Turkey  1

Ruffed Grouse  6

Spruce Grouse  4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  26    25 in downtown Kingfield

Mourning Dove  14

Chimney Swift  2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  6

Sandhill Crane  3    Lake Messalonskee, Belgrade

Killdeer  3

Upland Sandpiper  3    Kennebunk Plains

Wilson’s Snipe  6    Gilman Pond Road, New Portland

Ring-billed Gull  2

Black Tern  8    Lake Messalonskee, Belgrade

Pied-billed Grebe  1    Lake Messalonskee, Belgrade

Common Loon  8

Double-crested Cormorant  6

American Bittern  3

Great Blue Heron  3

Turkey Vulture  32

Osprey  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Bald Eagle  2

Broad-winged Hawk  5

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Belted Kingfisher  2

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  32

Downy Woodpecker  7

Hairy Woodpecker  6

Pileated Woodpecker  14

Northern Flicker  20

American Kestrel  2

Merlin  3

Olive-sided Flycatcher  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  10

Alder Flycatcher  6

Least Flycatcher  9

Eastern Phoebe  10

Eastern Kingbird  10

Blue-headed Vireo  45

Warbling Vireo  1    Lake Messalonskee, Belgrade

Red-eyed Vireo  116

Canada Jay  4

Blue Jay  31

American Crow  26

Common Raven  21

Black-capped Chickadee  70

Boreal Chickadee  2

Tree Swallow  45

Purple Martin  12    Lake Messalonskee, Belgrade

Barn Swallow  43

Cliff Swallow  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5

Golden-crowned Kinglet  57

Red-breasted Nuthatch  60

Brown Creeper  1

Northern House Wren  1

Winter Wren  41

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  10

Brown Thrasher  2    Kennebunk Plains

Northern Mockingbird  2    Kennebunk Plains

Eastern Bluebird  11

Veery  19

Swainson’s Thrush  53

Hermit Thrush  49

American Robin  41

Cedar Waxwing  76

House Sparrow  1

Evening Grosbeak  1

Purple Finch  18

Red Crossbill  6

American Goldfinch  39

Grasshopper Sparrow  8    Kennebunk Plains

Chipping Sparrow  14

Field Sparrow  4    Kennebunk Plains

Dark-eyed Junco  20

White-throated Sparrow  140

Vesper Sparrow  12    Kennebunk Plains

Savannah Sparrow  16

Song Sparrow  32

Lincoln’s Sparrow  3

Swamp Sparrow  29

Eastern Towhee  10

Bobolink  5    Gilman Pond Road, New Portland

Eastern Meadowlark  6    Kennebunk Plains

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  49

Rusty Blackbird  4    Parmachenee Road, Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant, NH

Common Grackle  10

Ovenbird  42

Northern Waterthrush  8

Black-and-white Warbler  8

Nashville Warbler  24

Mourning Warbler  10

Common Yellowthroat  74

American Redstart  30

Northern Parula  77

Magnolia Warbler  60

Blackburnian Warbler  34

Yellow Warbler  7

Chestnut-sided Warbler  48

Blackpoll Warbler  3

Black-throated Blue Warbler  34

Palm Warbler  3

Pine Warbler  5

Yellow-rumped Warbler  24

Prairie Warbler  8    Kennebunk Plains

Black-throated Green Warbler  55

Canada Warbler  7

Scarlet Tanager  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  9

Indigo Bunting  7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S212655702