Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Burrage Pond WMA, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Apr 25, 2026 7:01 AM – 11:11 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.843 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk

Ray Bedard leader plus Nick and Kandy. 

A bit chilly at 31 but no wind to start the walk. Warmed up to about 50 with a slight wind at the end. 

A Sandhill Crane gave great views preening before taking flight. Still a lot of Ring-necked Ducks present.

51 species

Canada Goose  35

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  12

Ring-necked Duck  47    1X1

Common Merganser (North American)  1    High migrant

Mourning Dove  5

Sandhill Crane  2    One observed in eastern marsh preening before taking flight. The other was seen flying in from the west.

Killdeer  3

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Pied-billed Grebe  1    Small grebe with a black ringed black bill. Saw one here last week as well.

Common Loon  1    High migrant

Double-crested Cormorant  6

Great Egret  6

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  6

Osprey (American)  3

Bald Eagle  1

Broad-winged Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

American Kestrel  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  7

Common Raven  3

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  200

Barn Swallow (American)  25

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern)  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  7

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  8

Chipping Sparrow  3

Field Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  30

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3

Swamp Sparrow  8

Eastern Towhee (Red-eyed)  13

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  150

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  60

Northern Waterthrush  1

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  3

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  8

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  3

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S327423830

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

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