Plum Island (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 13, 2019 2:29 PM – 4:59 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
31 species

Canada Goose  175
Mallard  10
American Black Duck  150
King Eider  1
Common Eider  20
White-winged Scoter  8
Black Scoter  5
Long-tailed Duck  12
Bufflehead  20
Common Goldeneye  6
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Horned Grebe  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  30
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  10
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Common Loon  1
Northern Harrier  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1     Adult at wardens
Bald Eagle  1     Immature (4th year) hunting along river east of wardens
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Rough-legged Hawk  1     In flight just south of lot one; light morph
Snowy Owl  2     Very distant; on crane beach (seen from lot 7)
Peregrine Falcon  1     Chasing BAEA
Black-capped Chickadee  2
American Robin  200
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  1
Snow Bunting  8     Wardens
American Tree Sparrow  11     Wardens
Dark-eyed Junco  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51719708


High Street, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 13, 2019 1:18 PM – 1:22 PM
Protocol: Stationary
1 species

Eastern Screech-Owl  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51719721


Cashman Park, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 13, 2019 1:27 PM – 1:48 PM
Protocol: Stationary
7 species

Canada Goose  30
Mallard  4
Bufflehead  22
Common Goldeneye  17
Ring-billed Gull  21
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Crow  9

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51719716


Joppa Park, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 13, 2019 1:53 PM – 2:22 PM
Protocol: Stationary
11 species

Canada Goose  300     Including two partially leucistic individuals
Mallard  35
Northern Pintail  1
Long-tailed Duck  16
Bufflehead  50
Common Goldeneye  20
Red-breasted Merganser  12
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  15
Great Black-backed Gull  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51719713


Plum Island Airport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 13, 2019 2:26 PM
Protocol: Incidental
2 species

Red-tailed Hawk  1
Northern Mockingbird  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51719709

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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Upcoming Field Trips

  • Ashby & Townsend

    Townsend - Willard Brook State Forest MA, United States

    We will explore for nesting warblers, juncos, sapsuckers, and probably butterflies and dragonflies, possibly continuing into the afternoon. We will start in Willard Brook State Forest and probably continue to Townsend State Forest, Mt. Watatic, or the Squannacook River WMA. Some trails are steep and moderately uneven.

  • Belle Isle Marsh and Vicinity

    East Boston - Belle Isle Parking Lot 1399 Bennington Street, Boston, MA, United States

    Led by DCR staff. We will search on foot up to one mile on flat, easy terrain, for migrating or resident songbirds, raptors, shorebirds, and marsh birds at this birding hotspot and state park. This is a traveling program by car or bike. Prepare for ticks and mosquitoes. Ages: Adults and kids 8 years+ with

  • Pine Hill Road Grassland

    Lancaster - Pine Hill Road Grasslands Pine Hill Road, Lancaster, MA, United States

    In June, this wonderfully preserved grassland is alive with the songs of breeding Grasshopper and Vesper Sparrow, which are state listed as endangered species. Prairie Warbler, Indigo Bunting, and American Kestrels nest regularly here as well. A mile walk on level grade; can be dry so bring water.

  • Bring Back Boblinks: Bobolinks at Farm Meadow, Lincoln

    Lincoln - Farm Meadow Lincoln Road, Lincoln, MA, United States

    An opportunity to see Bobolinks, a declining and unique species, displaying and singing in their breeding habitat, possibly with fledglings! In addition to Bobolinks, possible species include Indigo Bunting, Wood Thrush, Pileated Woodpecker, and maybe an Alder Flycatcher if we're lucky! This is about a 1.5 mile walk circling the hayfield where the Bobolinks breed, and up

  • Halibut Point State Park, Rockport

    Rockport - Halibut Point State Park Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, MA, United States

    A two-hour walk, about 1.5 miles, over easy to moderate gravel roads and trails in search of seasonal specialties. Boots advisable. Restrooms are available. In case of inclement weather check with leader night before trip (text ok). Cosponsored by DCR. For more Information see: https://www.mass.gov/locations/halibut-point-state-park

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