Gloucester–Fisherman’s Monument, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 28, 2019 8:33 AM – 8:58 AM
Mallard  4
American Black Duck  5
Common Eider  75
Surf Scoter  4
White-winged Scoter  3
Bufflehead  5
Red-breasted Merganser  5
Common Loon  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S62993871
Jodrey State Fish Pier, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 28, 2019 9:01 AM – 9:36 AM
Greater Scaup  16
Lesser Scaup  2
Common Eider  20
White-winged Scoter  3
Long-tailed Duck  2
Bufflehead  6
Red-breasted Merganser  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  30
Herring Gull  25
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Common Loon  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S62993873
Niles Beach, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 28, 2019 9:33 AM – 10:03 AM
Greater Scaup  6
Lesser Scaup  1
Surf Scoter  26
Long-tailed Duck  6
Bufflehead  12
Common Goldeneye  6
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Horned Grebe  3
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  3
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  2
European Starling  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
House Sparrow  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S62993875
Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 28, 2019 10:24 AM – 10:49 AM
Gadwall  12
Mallard  24
American Black Duck  8
Common Eider  30
Surf Scoter  12
Long-tailed Duck  6
Bufflehead  2
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  3
American Crow  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S62993877
Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 28, 2019 10:53 AM – 11:33 AM
Common Eider  26
White-winged Scoter  20
Black Scoter  8
Bufflehead  40
Horned Grebe  3
Red-necked Grebe  5
Black Guillemot  2
Common Loon  3
Great Cormorant  2
American Crow  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S62993878
Andrews Point, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 28, 2019 12:22 PM – 12:52 PM
Common Eider  15
Harlequin Duck  28
Black Scoter  60
Long-tailed Duck  1
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Razorbill  2
Common Loon  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S62993879
Cathedral Ledge, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 28, 2019 1:00 PM – 1:20 PM
Common Eider  6
Harlequin Duck  8
Bufflehead  14
Common Loon  1
American Crow  1
American Robin  2
Song Sparrow  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S62993881

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

  • Bring Back Bobolinks: Bobolink Walk at Appleton Farms Ipswich with the Grasslands Survey Team (New!)

    Ipswich - Appleton Farms paid parking, free for TTOR members 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA, United States

    New addition to our Bring Back Bobolinks conservation series. Rani date July 2 - check with leader in case of rain. Join new BBC members and Trustees Grassland Birds Monitoring Project volunteers Andy and Tina Haubert on their regular survey at this well known location for breeding and nesting Bobolinks.  We’ll observe field marks, song,

  • Quabbin Reservoir

    Quabbin Reservoir - Gate 10 235 Daniel Shays Hwy, Pelham, MA, United States

    Join Glenn on a 5-to-6-mile walk through a very birdy area with species ranging from Broad-winged Hawk to Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Blue-headed Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, and lots of stuff in between. (Maybe a moose or a bobcat!) Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird Club.

  • Bring Back Boblinks: Bobolinks at Heard Farm, Wayland (New!)

    Wayland - Heard Farm Conservation Area 12 Heard Road, Wayland, MA, United States

    New addition to our Bring Back Bobolinks conservation series. This gem works its way into the rotations of many birders once discovered. It is managed for dog walking (no dogs on this walk please) and bobolinks, which in a good year can number 100 or more. We will be using dirt trails and boardwalks. Trails

  • Bring Back Bobolinks: Codman Estate Farm (Was Drumlin Farm) (New!)

    Codman Community Farms - Donelan's parking 145 Lincoln Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States

    This walk was planned for Drumlin Farm but more Bobolinks can be seen at this nearby location so we've moved the walk to Codman Farms. Adding to our Bobolink conservation series. Join Ilija to observe and appreciate Bobolinks in breeding habitat! Bobolinks are migratory grassland birds found across Massachusetts. The Bobolink is listed as a

  • Fruitlands Museum, Harvard

    Harvard - Fruitlands Museum 102 Prospect Hill Rd., Harvard, MA, United States

    Cosponsored with Boxborough Birders. All the nesting birds will still be around, with good views of young out of the nest being fed by parents: Veery, Indigo Bunting, Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Bobolink, Wood Thrush, Baltimore Oriole, and Warblers. Expect to walk about 2 miles on trails through meadow and woods with some steep

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