Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
May 2, 2026 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.7 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Bird Walk to Brook Farm, co-led by Mike McCarthy & Neil Calabro 5-2-26
Temperature: 49 – 53°F
Wind: Light breeze – gentle breeze
25 species
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 4
Wild Turkey 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Northern House Wren (Northern) 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 5
American Goldfinch 4
Chipping Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 4
Baltimore Oriole 4
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 4
Northern Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332096192
Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
May 2, 2026 9:27 AM – 10:37 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.233 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club walk, Neil Calabro and Mike McCarthy co-leaders.
Temperature: 53°F
Wind: Light breeze – gentle breeze
42 species
Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 5
Mallard 1
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 12 Flock flying around the high school and marsh
Killdeer 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
American Herring Gull 2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1 Immature
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Warbling Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 24
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Barn Swallow (American) 6
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 4
Cedar Waxwing 18
House Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 3
Swamp Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 7
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 7
Northern Parula 2
Northern Yellow Warbler 3
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332096177
Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
May 2, 2026 10:50 AM – 12:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Bird Walk to Brook Farm, co-led by Mike McCarthy & Neil Calabro 5-2-26
Temperature: 55 – 56°F
Wind: Mostly calm – moderate breeze
37 species
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 3
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Double-crested Cormorant 52 Flying over heading NNE
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Osprey (American) 2 On probable nest on cell phone tower platform in Nat Grid parking lot
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Eastern Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow (American) 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
European Starling 14
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 6
American Robin 6
House Sparrow 9
American Goldfinch 5
White-throated Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 3
Orchard Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 22
Northern Yellow Warbler 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332096161
BIRDING IN MT AUBURN CEMETERY!
Brookline Bird Club has shout out in Wicked Local Cambridge edition! Here is the link to a wonderful article found in the Wicked Local Cambridge edition at birding at Mt. Auburn. It [...]
2015 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT
By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2015, the Brookline Bird Club listed 295 species of birds on 182 reported trips, six species less than last year. A total of 257 trips were scheduled, just two [...]
Rusty Blackbird Blitz – Surveying Rusty Blackbirds in the Lynnfield Marsh IBA
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Scholarship Report
The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute [...]
Tips for inspiring Young Birders
The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you [...]
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
2014 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2014, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 218 reported trips.. A total of 259trips were scheduled, sixteen trips were [...]
BIRDING IN MT AUBURN CEMETERY!
Brookline Bird Club has shout out in Wicked Local Cambridge edition! Here is the link to a wonderful article found in the Wicked Local Cambridge edition at birding at Mt. Auburn. It [...]
2015 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT
By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2015, the Brookline Bird Club listed 295 species of birds on 182 reported trips, six species less than last year. A total of 257 trips were scheduled, just two [...]
Rusty Blackbird Blitz – Surveying Rusty Blackbirds in the Lynnfield Marsh IBA
Arthur C. Bent (in Life Histories of North American Blackbirds, Orioles, Tanagers and Allies, (New York: Dover, 1965), 294) described flocks of Rusty Blackbirds stretching as far as the eye could see that once migrated [...]
Scholarship Report
The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute [...]
Tips for inspiring Young Birders
The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you [...]
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
2014 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2014, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 218 reported trips.. A total of 259trips were scheduled, sixteen trips were [...]
BIRDING IN MT AUBURN CEMETERY!
Brookline Bird Club has shout out in Wicked Local Cambridge edition! Here is the link to a wonderful article found in the Wicked Local Cambridge edition at birding at Mt. Auburn. It [...]
2015 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT
By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2015, the Brookline Bird Club listed 295 species of birds on 182 reported trips, six species less than last year. A total of 257 trips were scheduled, just two [...]
Rusty Blackbird Blitz – Surveying Rusty Blackbirds in the Lynnfield Marsh IBA
Arthur C. Bent (in Life Histories of North American Blackbirds, Orioles, Tanagers and Allies, (New York: Dover, 1965), 294) described flocks of Rusty Blackbirds stretching as far as the eye could see that once migrated [...]
Scholarship Report
The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute [...]
Tips for inspiring Young Birders
The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you [...]
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
2014 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2014, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 218 reported trips.. A total of 259trips were scheduled, sixteen trips were [...]
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Cold Spring Park, Newton
Newton - Cold Spring Park 1200 Beacon St, Newton, MA, United StatesThis 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.
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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
Parker River NWR - Lot #1 Refuge Rd., Newbury, MA, MA, United StatesWe will be walking the North Pool dike as well as visiting other spots. Note that an entrance fee or pass is required. Restrooms available.
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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.