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Boston – Franklin Park Tennis Courts (Meeting Spot)

Address
Roxbury, MA United States Get Directions
Website https://ebird.org/hotspot/L797546

By the tennis courts next to the Shattuck Picnic Grove on Circuit Drive, across from Shattuck Hospital. Street parking available and accessible via bus and subway. (Forest Hills stop on Orange Line, busses 16, 21, and 31)

Field Trips / Events at this location

Today

  • Franklin Park – Scarboro Pond

    Boston - Franklin Park Tennis Courts (Meeting Spot) Roxbury, MA, United States

    We will look for early spring migrants in Franklin Park. Beginners welcome and encouraged. Expect to walk up to 2 miles on paved paths. Loaner binoculars available. Co-sponsored with the Franklin Park Coalition and Franklin Park Tennis Association.

  • Franklin Park – Scarboro Pond

    Boston - Franklin Park Tennis Courts (Meeting Spot) Roxbury, MA, United States

    We will look for warblers, orioles, and other migratory birds in the Scarboro Pond section of Franklin Park. Beginners and BIPOC welcomed and encouraged. Expect to walk up to two miles on paved paths. Cosponsored with the Franklin Park Coalition, Franklin Park Tennis Association, and the Emerald Necklace Bird Club. Loaner binoculars available.

  • Franklin Park – Scarboro Pond – Black Birders Week Walk

    Boston - Franklin Park Tennis Courts (Meeting Spot) Roxbury, MA, United States

    Cosponsored with the Franklin Park Coalition. Join us for a walk in celebration of Black Birders Week. We will look for warblers, orioles, and other migratory birds in the Scarboro Pond section of Franklin Park. Beginners welcome and encouraged. Expect to walk up to two miles on paved paths.

  • Black Birders Week Field Trip! Scarboro Pond/Franklin Park

    Boston - Franklin Park Tennis Courts (Meeting Spot) Roxbury, MA, United States

    Everyone is welcome! Come celebrate Black Birders Week with us on a 2-mile trip on paved paths looking for late migrants, ducks, and resident birds in the Scarboro Pond section of Franklin Park. Beginners, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ as well as experienced birders encouraged and welcomed. Cosponsored with the Franklin Park Coalition, Franklin Park Tennis Association,

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We hope to see you out birding soon!

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