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Belle Isle Marsh–John Joseph Kilmartin Pathway, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 21, 2026 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Bird Walk, 6-21-26 co-led by Michael McCarthy & Neil Calabro

39 species

Mallard  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6

Mourning Dove  8

Chimney Swift  5

American Oystercatcher  5

Killdeer  2

Short-billed Dowitcher  1    Feeding in the mud Short Beach Creek as tide was falling

Willet  18    Everywhere!

Least Tern  1

Common Tern  1

Double-crested Cormorant  4

Snowy Egret  8

Great Egret  5

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  3

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Red-eyed Vireo  1

American Crow  2

Common Raven  1

Tree Swallow  12

Barn Swallow  8

European Starling  51

Gray Catbird  8

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  12

Cedar Waxwing  4

House Sparrow  10

House Finch  8

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow  7

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  20

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  13

Northern Yellow Warbler  5

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S361617984

Short Beach, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 21, 2026 10:13 AM – 10:41 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Bird Walk, 6-21-26 co-led by Michael McCarthy & Neil Calabro

9 species

American Black Duck  2

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  22    Crèche with 2 hens 10 chicks

Surf Scoter  2

American Herring Gull  16    Feasting on spider crabs

Great Black-backed Gull  8

Common Loon  1

Double-crested Cormorant  47

Tree Swallow  4

Barn Swallow (American)  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S361617998

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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

    Wayland - Heard Farm Conservation Area 12 Heard Road, Wayland, MA, United States

    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

  • Bring Back Bobolinks: Codman Estate Farm (Was Drumlin Farm) (New!)

    Codman Community Farms - Donelan's parking 145 Lincoln Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States

    This walk was planned for Drumlin Farm but more Bobolinks can be seen at this nearby location so we've moved the walk to Codman Farms. Adding to our Bobolink conservation series. Join Ilija to observe and appreciate Bobolinks in breeding habitat! Bobolinks are migratory grassland birds found across Massachusetts. The Bobolink is listed as a

  • Fruitlands Museum, Harvard

    Harvard - Fruitlands Museum 102 Prospect Hill Rd., Harvard, MA, United States

    Cosponsored with Boxborough Birders. All the nesting birds will still be around, with good views of young out of the nest being fed by parents: Veery, Indigo Bunting, Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Bobolink, Wood Thrush, Baltimore Oriole, and Warblers. Expect to walk about 2 miles on trails through meadow and woods with some steep

  • Southwick WMA

    Southwick WMA - Suffield WMA entrance Point Grove Road, Suffield, CT, United States

    We will hike the fields focusing on grassland breeders, particularly Eastern Meadowlark and Grasshopper Sparrow.

  • Half-Day Seabirding and Whale Watching, 7-Seas, Gloucester

    Gloucester - 7 Seas Whale Watch 63 Rogers Street, 7 Seas Wharf, Gloucester, MA, United States

    The BBC has reserved a limited block of discounted group tickets on these public tours. These tours are open to all. Register online at https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=329 Registration opens June 19. Additional info at the company site: https://www.7seaswhalewatch.com/ For registration, use our site. If you have registration problems, contact us at fieldtrips@brooklinebirdclub.org.

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