Arnold Arboretum, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
06-Jan-2024 09:00 – 11:00
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk, cloudy, windless, 31
17 species (+1 other taxa)
Mourning Dove  7
gull sp.  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3    possibly 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1    female, white wing patches, mottled back, red crown, seen well by many
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Blue Jay  3
Black-capped Chickadee  5
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  11
House Sparrow  4
House Finch  15
American Goldfinch  45    large flock in tall bare trees, low estimate.  1 at feeder
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S158267750

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

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Upcoming Field Trips

  • Bring Back Bobolinks: Norfolk Airport (New!)

    Adding to our Bobolink conservation series. Observe and appreciate Bobolinks in breeding habitat! Bobolinks are nesting throughout the airport. We will walk the runways less than 2 miles walking total.  This area is all grasslands, around 400 acres.

  • Belle Isle Marsh Reservation – Winthrop Side

    Joint with Mass Audubon BNC. Join us to observe resident birds and spring migrants in a unique urban habitat that is a favorite for many bird species, including uncommon and rare flycatchers, swallows & warblers. Birders of all levels will enjoy this walk. The trails are generally flat and easy to walk. A water bottle,

  • Quabbin Reservoir

    Join Glenn on a 5-to-6-mile walk through a very birdy area with species ranging from Broad-winged Hawk to Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Blue-headed Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, and lots of stuff in between. (Maybe a moose or a bobcat!) Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird Club.

  • Bring Back Boblinks: Bobolinks at Heard Farm, Wayland (New!)

    New addition to our Bring Back Bobolinks conservation series. This gem works its way into the rotations of many birders once discovered. It is managed for dog walking (no dogs on this walk please) and bobolinks, which in a good year can number 100 or more. We will be using dirt trails and boardwalks. Trails

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