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

Caratunk Wildlife Refuge (ASRI), Bristol, Massachusetts, US

May 16, 2026 7:33 AM – 10:33 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.387 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Paskamansett Bird Club and Brookline Bird Club walk. Led by Carol Molander.Cloud Cover: 0%

59 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  12    5 goslings

Mallard  3

duck sp.  4    Most likely Wood Ducks

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

American Herring Gull  3

Green Heron  1    Possibly two

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  5

Eastern Kingbird  1

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  8

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Fish Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  40    Conservative estimate

Purple Martin  40    Colony nesting in Gourds. Conservative estimate

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Brown Creeper  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  6

Northern House Wren  8

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  8

Gray Catbird  14

Eastern Bluebird  2

Veery  1

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  4

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  1

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  9

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  2

Ovenbird  5

Blue-winged Warbler  5

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  8

American Redstart  1

Northern Parula  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  12

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  3

Scarlet Tanager  2    Great looks by the power lines

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S341278224

Gammino Pond Preserve, Bristol, Massachusetts, US

May 16, 2026 11:10 AM – 12:06 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.791 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Paskamansett Bird Club and Brookline Bird Club walk led by Carol Molander.

20 species

Canada Goose  4

Mute Swan  2

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  6

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  6

Gray Catbird  7

American Robin  4

Baltimore Oriole  6

Common Grackle  4

Ovenbird  1

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S341278209

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

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