Cape Ann (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US 21-Jan-2023 08:00 - 14:00 Protocol: Traveling 13.0 mile(s) Checklist Comments: BBC walk: 31 degrees, cloudy with light wind. Trip started at Gloucester Harbor, then stops at Jodrey Fish Pier, Rocky Neck, Niles Beach, Eastern Point, Elks Club, Pebbly Beach, Loblolly Cove, Granite Pier, and
Dunback Meadow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US 21-Jan-2023 08:04 - 10:09 Checklist Comments: BBC MBC CLC 21 species Mourning Dove 40 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 7 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 8 American Crow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 7 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 1 European Starling 30 Northern Mockingbird
Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US 15-Jan-2023 08:00 - 09:52 Checklist Comments: BBC - Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning - Leader: Peter Van Demark - overcast, 35 degrees, very windy from north (hard to get to edge of Grout Pile) 13 species American Black Duck 2 Common Eider 8 Harlequin Duck 11 White-winged
Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US 15-Jan-2023 07:50 - 10:43 Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club- Mt. Auburn Cemetery- Leader: Kathy Dia. 30's F, overcast, breezy early which kept birds quiet, but less so as the morning progressed. Really a lovely selection of birds observed, with the help of many great eyes and ears in
Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Essex, Massachusetts, US 15-Jan-2023 07:20 - 09:30 Protocol: Traveling 3.5 mile(s) Checklist Comments: 33 degrees. NW wind 10-20 gusting to 40mph. Wicked cold. Led BBC walk. 19 species Canada Goose 17 Flying overhead. American Black Duck 23 Common Eider 31 White-winged Scoter 100 Conservative estimate. Long-tailed Duck 5
Charles River Bike Path--Watertown Square, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US 14-Jan-2023 07:30 - 09:30 Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Checklist Comments: BBC Charles River Watertown Bird Walk 26 species Canada Goose 74 Mute Swan 9 Mallard 7 American Black Duck 1 Bufflehead 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Mourning Dove 7 Ring-billed Gull 3 Herring Gull 7
Gloucester--Fisherman's Monument, Essex, Massachusetts, US 07-Jan-2023 08:30 - 08:50 Common Eider 30 Bufflehead 1 Common Goldeneye 1 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Common Loon 1 Jodrey State Fish Pier, Essex, Massachusetts, US 07-Jan-2023 08:53 - 09:18 Common Eider 50 Surf Scoter 4 Long-tailed Duck 1 Red-breasted Merganser 10 Razorbill 3 Common Loon 3 Niles Beach, Essex, Massachusetts,
Arnold Arboretum, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US 07-Jan-2023 09:00 - 10:35 19 species Mallard 3 Herring Gull 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Blue Jay 5 Black-capped Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 1 European Starling 1 American Robin 6 House Sparrow 2 House Finch 8 American Goldfinch 2
Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US 04-Jan-2023 09:12 - 10:15 Checklist Comments: BBC - Midweek Hunt for Alcids and Seabirds- Leader: Barbara Volkle Mallard 5 Common Eider 7 Harlequin Duck 35 Black Scoter 15 Long-tailed Duck 2 Red-breasted Merganser 4 Ring-billed Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull 1 gull sp. 3 Common Loon 2 Blue
Happy New Year! Yesterday, Mark Burns and I led our 26th Annual New Year's Day Birding Trip for the Brookline Bird Club (BBC)! At 9:00AM, 24 BBCers 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
