Crane Pond WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jul 1, 2018 6:50 AM – 8:09 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.7 mile(s)
Comments: Mostly sunny and 75-78 degrees. Winds NNW 5 mph. Very humid and many bothersome mosquitoes and deer flies on the walk. Forest St entrance. With Brookline Bird Club trip led by Zack Weber.
31 species (+1 other taxa)
Wood Duck 4
Great Blue Heron 4 Adult with young on nest
Great Egret 3
hawk sp. 1 Too brief of a look to ID. Probably a Red Tailed Hawk.
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 2
Tree Swallow 7
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Veery 2
Gray Catbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 2
Ovenbird 8 Watched a young Ovenbird clumsily flying low to the ground followed by an adult.
Northern Waterthrush 1
Pine Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47242218
—————————————————————————————————————
Crane Pond WMA–J.B. Little Rd., Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jul 1, 2018 8:24 AM – 9:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.22 mile(s)
Comments: Mostly sunny , 80 degrees and humid. Winds WSW 9 mph. With Brookline Bird Club walk led by Zack Weber.
34 species
Wood Duck 2
Green Heron 1
Mourning Dove 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
House Wren 1
Veery 1
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow Warbler 3
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Seen by Ava
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 3 Watched large juvenile begging from adult
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47242217
—————————————————————————————————————-
Center St. Marsh, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jul 1, 2018 9:12 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
Comments: Mostly sunny, 82 degrees and humid. With Brookline Bird Club walk led by Zack Weber.
19 species
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 2
Virginia Rail 2 Heard clicking and eventually we all had good looks at the Rail as it walked among the cat-tails
Mourning Dove 6
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
Tree Swallow 3
Marsh Wren 6 Probably many more
Cedar Waxwing 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47242215
Crane Pond WMA–Ash St. Swamp, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jul 1, 2018 10:05 AM – 10:52 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.4 mile(s)
Comments: Mostly sunny and 84 degrees. Winds W 4 mph. Humid. With Brookline Bird Club walk led by Zack Weber.
25 species (+1 other taxa)
Wood Duck 3
Great Blue Heron 1 flyover as we were leaving
Green Heron 6 Very active. Green Herons were perched in trees, fishing from logs and flying throughout the marsh, giving us great looks.
Herring Gull 1
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Empidonax sp. 1 Distant looks perched in tree. Possibly a Willow Flycatcher but it did not sing.
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 It may have entered a nest site but we could not confirm for certain.
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 6 Probably many more in the distance
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Gray Catbird 3
Cedar Waxwing 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 4
Baltimore Oriole 2 Seen by Ava
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47242219
Camp Edwards Grassland Bird Tours
The Massachusetts Army National Guard’s Natural Resource Program is hosting grassland bird tours in May on Camp Edwards. This is an unusual opportunity for avid birders, naturalists and photographers to walk through the Camp Edwards [...]
2025 BBC Teen Birder Scholarship Awards
2025 BBC Teen Birder Scholarship Awards The BBC Conservation and Education Committee is pleased to announce our two annual Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Sydney Beard of Cambridge and Jonas Johnson of Canaan, CT. [...]
US Fish & Wildlife Service Major Staff Cuts
According to the National Wildlife Refuge Association, “The intentional dismantling of science and conservation is happening now. Hundreds of dedicated U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services employees—many of them biologists—have been fired, gutting an [...]
2024 Annual Report
The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine. This total was based upon 262 [...]
April 25 Annual Members Meeting – All Welcome
April 25 Annual Members Meeting - All Welcome Please join us on April 25 for our Annual Members Meeting. The evening begins with a social hour at 6:30. The program starts at 7:00 with the [...]
Avian Influenza Spreading in Massachusetts
Avian influenza is an increasing public health concern and is spreading across Massachusetts. In the past few days we have heard reports of waterfowl die offs in Cambridge, Amherst, Plymouth and Brockton. If you see [...]
Camp Edwards Grassland Bird Tours
The Massachusetts Army National Guard’s Natural Resource Program is hosting grassland bird tours in May on Camp Edwards. This is an unusual opportunity for avid birders, naturalists and photographers to walk through the Camp Edwards [...]
2025 BBC Teen Birder Scholarship Awards
2025 BBC Teen Birder Scholarship Awards The BBC Conservation and Education Committee is pleased to announce our two annual Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Sydney Beard of Cambridge and Jonas Johnson of Canaan, CT. [...]
US Fish & Wildlife Service Major Staff Cuts
According to the National Wildlife Refuge Association, “The intentional dismantling of science and conservation is happening now. Hundreds of dedicated U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services employees—many of them biologists—have been fired, gutting an [...]
2024 Annual Report
The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine. This total was based upon 262 [...]
April 25 Annual Members Meeting – All Welcome
April 25 Annual Members Meeting - All Welcome Please join us on April 25 for our Annual Members Meeting. The evening begins with a social hour at 6:30. The program starts at 7:00 with the [...]
Avian Influenza Spreading in Massachusetts
Avian influenza is an increasing public health concern and is spreading across Massachusetts. In the past few days we have heard reports of waterfowl die offs in Cambridge, Amherst, Plymouth and Brockton. If you see [...]
Camp Edwards Grassland Bird Tours
The Massachusetts Army National Guard’s Natural Resource Program is hosting grassland bird tours in May on Camp Edwards. This is an unusual opportunity for avid birders, naturalists and photographers to walk through the Camp Edwards [...]
2025 BBC Teen Birder Scholarship Awards
2025 BBC Teen Birder Scholarship Awards The BBC Conservation and Education Committee is pleased to announce our two annual Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Sydney Beard of Cambridge and Jonas Johnson of Canaan, CT. [...]
US Fish & Wildlife Service Major Staff Cuts
According to the National Wildlife Refuge Association, “The intentional dismantling of science and conservation is happening now. Hundreds of dedicated U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services employees—many of them biologists—have been fired, gutting an [...]
2024 Annual Report
The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine. This total was based upon 262 [...]
April 25 Annual Members Meeting – All Welcome
April 25 Annual Members Meeting - All Welcome Please join us on April 25 for our Annual Members Meeting. The evening begins with a social hour at 6:30. The program starts at 7:00 with the [...]
Avian Influenza Spreading in Massachusetts
Avian influenza is an increasing public health concern and is spreading across Massachusetts. In the past few days we have heard reports of waterfowl die offs in Cambridge, Amherst, Plymouth and Brockton. If you see [...]
News Categories
Upcoming Field Trips
Maine – Rangeley Lakes
Maine - Rangeley Lakes 2459 Main St, Rangeley, ME, United StatesJoin us for a seven-day exploration of mountains and lakes of western Maine! As always, this trip will concentrate on Maine’s boreal specialties including Spruce Grouse, Black-backed Woodpecker, Olive-sided and Yellow-bellied flycatchers, Philadelphia Vireo, Gray Jay, Boreal Chickadee, Bicknell’s Thrush and 20+ species of warbler. We also observe and enjoy flora and fauna along way. [...]
Slow Birding at Revere Beach
Revere Beach 21 Revere Beach Blvd, Revere, MA, United StatesLed by DCR Park Staff. Come observe the beautiful details of birds and their behaviors and share observations with others in the group. Pose questions and memories that observations elicit. Birds we may see include Piping Plover, Manx Shearwater, resident gulls, with Common Tern arriving by May. Suitable for adults and children 8 years+. Children [...]
Birds and Blanding’s Family Walk — A walk for kids ages 8+ with one or two accompanying adults (Rescheduled from May 31)
At our meeting spot, special guest Dr. Bryan Windmiller of Zoo New England will talk about the endangered Blanding's turtles that call Great Meadows home. Then we will head out to see what turtles, birds, and mammals and other wildlife we can observe on the refuge. This walk is intended for kids ages 8+ with [...]
Maine – Machias Region
Maine - Machias Region Machias, ME, United StatesJoin us on our annual trip to Machias area in Downeast Maine. The highlight of the trip is a boat trip to Machias Seal Island for Atlantic Puffins and other alcids, weather permitting. We also tour beautiful coastlands and boreal forests in search of nesting warblers and other species. We explore the blueberry barrens, and [...]
Pine Hill Road Grassland
Lancaster - Pine Hill Road Grasslands Pine Hill Road, Lancaster, MA, United StatesIn June, this wonderfully preserved grassland is alive with the songs of breeding Grasshopper and Vesper Sparrow, which are state listed as endangered species. Prairie Warbler, Indigo Bunting, and American Kestrels nest regularly here as well. A mile walk on level grade; can be dry so bring water.