Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Oct 5, 2025 7:55 AM – 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC Brook Farm Walk 10-5-25
33 species
Canada Goose 36
Wood Duck 10
Mallard 4
Mourning Dove 1
Sora 2 By third bridge
Great Blue Heron 2
Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group) 1 Heard near first Bridge
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1 Flew away, near print shop parking lot
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 12
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 4
Gray Catbird 5
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 6
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
White-throated Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 2
Nashville Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277881634
Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Oct 5, 2025 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
17 species
Wood Duck 11
Mallard 2
American Black Duck 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 17
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
American Goldfinch 1
Savannah Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 8
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Dickcissel 1 Heard near First Bridge in purple asters
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277881630
Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Oct 5, 2025 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
14 species
Mallard 25
American Black Duck 6
Green-winged Teal 8 6 ducklings
Killdeer 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Common Raven 3 1 by itself 2 later
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 15
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277881627
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The Brookline Bird Club's Spring 2024 Bulletin, also known as our "blue book", has arrived in member mailboxes! The spring blue book contains a wealth of information for BBC members, including upcoming meetings and our [...]
Summer 2024 pelagics: register today!
Our 2024 overnight pelagic trips are now open for registration! This August, the Brookline Bird Club will be running two back-to-back trips on Saturday-Sunday August 24-25 and then Monday-Tuesday August 26-27. If you have the [...]
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Calling all Brookline Bird Club members! Please join us for our Annual Members Meeting on Friday, April 19, 2024 from 7pm-9pm, with a social hour beginning at 6:30pm. This meeting will be hybrid: hosted [...]
Free Webinar: The Lawrence Crow Roost
January 17, 2024 / 7:00PM-8:30PM Lawrence is well known for its winter crow roost, with thousands of birds pouring in from every direction. Join us at this webinar where Dana Duxbury-Fox and Bob Fox [...]
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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 Spring 2024 Bulletin
The Brookline Bird Club's Spring 2024 Bulletin, also known as our "blue book", has arrived in member mailboxes! The spring blue book contains a wealth of information for BBC members, including upcoming meetings and our [...]
Summer 2024 pelagics: register today!
Our 2024 overnight pelagic trips are now open for registration! This August, the Brookline Bird Club will be running two back-to-back trips on Saturday-Sunday August 24-25 and then Monday-Tuesday August 26-27. If you have the [...]
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Avian Flu: BBC webinar recording & resources On March 19th 2024, the Brookline Bird Club hosted a webinar on avian flu by presenter Dr. Wendy Puryear from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts [...]
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Calling all Brookline Bird Club members! Please join us for our Annual Members Meeting on Friday, April 19, 2024 from 7pm-9pm, with a social hour beginning at 6:30pm. This meeting will be hybrid: hosted [...]
Free Webinar: The Lawrence Crow Roost
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Cold Spring Park, Newton
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Birding Sketch Crawl – Fall Series
Leader's ChoiceCome and bird/sketch favorite patches around Essex and Middlesex Counties.
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Plum Island
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Barretts Mill Farmland
Concord - Barretts Mill Farmland Barrett's Mill Road, Concord, MA, United StatesThis 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.
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Hellcat at Parker River NWR
Parker River NWR - Lot #4 Newbury, MA, United StatesDuring 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.