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
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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
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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

ANNUAL REPORT 1986

THE 1986 STATISTICAL REPORT by Mary Lou Barnett, Statistician During 1986 the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 birds including 21 write-ins. These unusual sightings included the following: Yellow-throated Warbler            Brewster           1-5 Hoary Redpoll                           Newburyport    3-15 Jackdaw                                    Nantucket         3-16 Eared Grebe                              North Scituate  3-22 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1985

STATISTICAL REPORT 1985 by Mary L. Barnett, Statistician “Come in, Barn Owl. We're at the Salt Pans. The Tundra Swan just landed.” BBC CB Radio Patrol 12-7-1985 The Birding Highlight of 1985 was the proliferation [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1984

STATISTICAL REPORT-1984  Our Life List is a storehouse of rich memories to which we added this year the monarch of shorebirds, the Long-billed Curlew, on the 9th of June. Like an echo, to the same [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1983

1983 BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB STATISTICAL REPORT During 1983 the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 Massachusetts species, and identified an additional six hybrids, subspecies, color morphs, or exotics, totaling 306 in all. Trips to Maine added [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1982

1982 STATISTICAL REPORT  In 1982 the Brookline Bird Club enriched its Massachu-setts Life Species List to 376 with the addition of Townsend's Solitaire, viewed at West Tisbury on January 3rd. Dr. Bob Timberlake’s Falmouth trip [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1981

1981 STATISTICAL REPORT “My heart is warm with the friends I make And better friends I'll not be knowing There isn’t a [bird trip] I wouldn’t take No matter where it’s going!” (with apologies to [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1986

THE 1986 STATISTICAL REPORT by Mary Lou Barnett, Statistician During 1986 the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 birds including 21 write-ins. These unusual sightings included the following: Yellow-throated Warbler            Brewster           1-5 Hoary Redpoll                           Newburyport    3-15 Jackdaw                                    Nantucket         3-16 Eared Grebe                              North Scituate  3-22 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1985

STATISTICAL REPORT 1985 by Mary L. Barnett, Statistician “Come in, Barn Owl. We're at the Salt Pans. The Tundra Swan just landed.” BBC CB Radio Patrol 12-7-1985 The Birding Highlight of 1985 was the proliferation [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1984

STATISTICAL REPORT-1984  Our Life List is a storehouse of rich memories to which we added this year the monarch of shorebirds, the Long-billed Curlew, on the 9th of June. Like an echo, to the same [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1983

1983 BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB STATISTICAL REPORT During 1983 the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 Massachusetts species, and identified an additional six hybrids, subspecies, color morphs, or exotics, totaling 306 in all. Trips to Maine added [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1982

1982 STATISTICAL REPORT  In 1982 the Brookline Bird Club enriched its Massachu-setts Life Species List to 376 with the addition of Townsend's Solitaire, viewed at West Tisbury on January 3rd. Dr. Bob Timberlake’s Falmouth trip [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1981

1981 STATISTICAL REPORT “My heart is warm with the friends I make And better friends I'll not be knowing There isn’t a [bird trip] I wouldn’t take No matter where it’s going!” (with apologies to [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1986

THE 1986 STATISTICAL REPORT by Mary Lou Barnett, Statistician During 1986 the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 birds including 21 write-ins. These unusual sightings included the following: Yellow-throated Warbler            Brewster           1-5 Hoary Redpoll                           Newburyport    3-15 Jackdaw                                    Nantucket         3-16 Eared Grebe                              North Scituate  3-22 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1985

STATISTICAL REPORT 1985 by Mary L. Barnett, Statistician “Come in, Barn Owl. We're at the Salt Pans. The Tundra Swan just landed.” BBC CB Radio Patrol 12-7-1985 The Birding Highlight of 1985 was the proliferation [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1984

STATISTICAL REPORT-1984  Our Life List is a storehouse of rich memories to which we added this year the monarch of shorebirds, the Long-billed Curlew, on the 9th of June. Like an echo, to the same [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1983

1983 BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB STATISTICAL REPORT During 1983 the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 Massachusetts species, and identified an additional six hybrids, subspecies, color morphs, or exotics, totaling 306 in all. Trips to Maine added [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1982

1982 STATISTICAL REPORT  In 1982 the Brookline Bird Club enriched its Massachu-setts Life Species List to 376 with the addition of Townsend's Solitaire, viewed at West Tisbury on January 3rd. Dr. Bob Timberlake’s Falmouth trip [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1981

1981 STATISTICAL REPORT “My heart is warm with the friends I make And better friends I'll not be knowing There isn’t a [bird trip] I wouldn’t take No matter where it’s going!” (with apologies to [...]

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