Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 23, 2025 7:30 AM – 8:25 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk

22 species

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  2

Greater Yellowlegs  6

Semipalmated Sandpiper  4

American Herring Gull  2

Double-crested Cormorant  1

American Bittern  2    Popped up out of the marsh and flew off.

Black-crowned Night Heron  2    1 adult, 1 imm.

Snowy Egret  3

Great Egret  9

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Tree Swallow  12

Barn Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

American Robin  3

Cedar Waxwing  3

American Goldfinch  2

Saltmarsh Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S269059538

Winthrop Beach and Five Sisters, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 23, 2025 8:45 AM – 10:20 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk

20 species

Canada Goose  4

Common Eider  4

Mourning Dove  2

American Oystercatcher  4

Black-bellied Plover  1    Fly over

Semipalmated Plover  30

Piping Plover  1

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Ruddy Turnstone  6

White-rumped Sandpiper  6

Least Sandpiper  3

Semipalmated Sandpiper  450

Laughing Gull  12

Ring-billed Gull  47

American Herring Gull  26

Great Black-backed Gull  6

Double-crested Cormorant  90    Out on the sisters

Tree Swallow  4

Barn Swallow  2

House Sparrow  12

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S269059532

Fisherman’s Bend Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 23, 2025 10:37 AM – 11:10 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk

13 species

Common Eider  1

Mourning Dove  1

American Oystercatcher  18

Black-bellied Plover  35

Short-billed Dowitcher  1

Ruddy Turnstone  2

Laughing Gull  3

American Herring Gull  2

Double-crested Cormorant  26

Northern Mockingbird  1

House Sparrow  12

American Goldfinch  2

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S269059528

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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Upcoming Field Trips

  • Cold Spring Park, Newton

    Newton - Cold Spring Park 1200 Beacon St, Newton, MA, United States

    This large multi-use city park offers an easy 1.4-mile loop through mixed forest, open green areas, and red maple swamplands, attracting a surprising array of resident and migratory birds. Porta Potties available.

  • Plum Island

    Parker River NWR - Lot #1 Refuge Rd., Newbury, MA, MA, United States

    We will be walking the North Pool dike as well as visiting other spots. Note that an entrance fee or pass is required. Restrooms available.

  • Barretts Mill Farmland

    Concord - Barretts Mill Farmland Barrett's Mill Road, Concord, MA, United States

    This is often a great place for fall sparrows including Savannah, Field, and White-crowned, as well as Pipit and occasional Dickcissel. Loaner binoculars available; please email trip leader to reserve a pair! If the weather doens't look good, contact the leader to check status.

  • Hellcat at Parker River NWR

    Parker River NWR - Lot #4 Newbury, MA, United States

    During the past few years the refuge has opened the dike to hiking during National Wildlife Refuge Week. We will plan to do that hike if the dike is again open this year. Otherwise we hike the boardwalk and normal dike area.

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