Dunback Meadow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 3, 2026 6:31 AM – 9:33 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.74 mile(s)
42 species
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 14 Mom with twelve ducklings
Mourning Dove 6
Killdeer 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Merlin 1 In a dispute with COHA, before it flew off. ID’d from (blurry) photo showing pointed wings and brown body.
Eastern Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 11
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 7
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 30
House Sparrow 15
House Finch 7
American Goldfinch 15
White-throated Sparrow 8
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 12
Swamp Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 20
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1 Fos!
Common Yellowthroat 3 Fos!
Northern Yellow Warbler 4
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332094061
Volunteers Needed for Grassland Bird Monitoring
Isabel Bronson, a Land Stewardship Coordinator serving with the Trustees of Reservations, is seeking volunteers to participate in a grassland bird monitoring community science program at Chestnut Hill Farm, The Fruitlands, Old Town Hill,
Donation to Friends of Belle Isle Marsh
On behalf of the Brookline Bird Club, the BBC Conservation & Education Committee is pleased to announce a donation of $250 to support the conservation and education work of the Friends of Belle Isle Marsh,
BBC Extreme Pelagic August 27-28, 2022 – Trip Report
Date - 6:00 AM 8/27/22 (Saturday) to 5:00 PM 8/28/22 (Sunday) Weather - Variable. Saturday started out cloudy as we headed out over the Nantucket shoals to sunny as we hit the shelf edge. Winds
Piping Plover Donation
We are pleased to announce a BBC conservation donation of $250 to support the Piping Plover Ambassadors, a group of volunteers who, since 2017, have been dedicated to protecting the Piping Plovers nesting at
Update from Hog Island Scholarship Recipients
Our 2022 Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Jocelyn Pyne and Johnny Owens, report that they had wonderful experiences in June in the Coastal Maine Bird Study for Teens program
Buy a Duck Stamp to Support National Wildlife Refuges
As birders, we treasure our birding visits to national wildlife refuges locally and nationally. Of the 32 refuges in New England, 11 are in Massachusetts, including Parker River, Monomoy, Great Meadows, Oxbow, and Assabet
Volunteers Needed for Grassland Bird Monitoring
Isabel Bronson, a Land Stewardship Coordinator serving with the Trustees of Reservations, is seeking volunteers to participate in a grassland bird monitoring community science program at Chestnut Hill Farm, The Fruitlands, Old Town Hill,
Donation to Friends of Belle Isle Marsh
On behalf of the Brookline Bird Club, the BBC Conservation & Education Committee is pleased to announce a donation of $250 to support the conservation and education work of the Friends of Belle Isle Marsh,
BBC Extreme Pelagic August 27-28, 2022 – Trip Report
Date - 6:00 AM 8/27/22 (Saturday) to 5:00 PM 8/28/22 (Sunday) Weather - Variable. Saturday started out cloudy as we headed out over the Nantucket shoals to sunny as we hit the shelf edge. Winds
Piping Plover Donation
We are pleased to announce a BBC conservation donation of $250 to support the Piping Plover Ambassadors, a group of volunteers who, since 2017, have been dedicated to protecting the Piping Plovers nesting at
Update from Hog Island Scholarship Recipients
Our 2022 Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Jocelyn Pyne and Johnny Owens, report that they had wonderful experiences in June in the Coastal Maine Bird Study for Teens program
Buy a Duck Stamp to Support National Wildlife Refuges
As birders, we treasure our birding visits to national wildlife refuges locally and nationally. Of the 32 refuges in New England, 11 are in Massachusetts, including Parker River, Monomoy, Great Meadows, Oxbow, and Assabet
Volunteers Needed for Grassland Bird Monitoring
Isabel Bronson, a Land Stewardship Coordinator serving with the Trustees of Reservations, is seeking volunteers to participate in a grassland bird monitoring community science program at Chestnut Hill Farm, The Fruitlands, Old Town Hill,
Donation to Friends of Belle Isle Marsh
On behalf of the Brookline Bird Club, the BBC Conservation & Education Committee is pleased to announce a donation of $250 to support the conservation and education work of the Friends of Belle Isle Marsh,
BBC Extreme Pelagic August 27-28, 2022 – Trip Report
Date - 6:00 AM 8/27/22 (Saturday) to 5:00 PM 8/28/22 (Sunday) Weather - Variable. Saturday started out cloudy as we headed out over the Nantucket shoals to sunny as we hit the shelf edge. Winds
Piping Plover Donation
We are pleased to announce a BBC conservation donation of $250 to support the Piping Plover Ambassadors, a group of volunteers who, since 2017, have been dedicated to protecting the Piping Plovers nesting at
Update from Hog Island Scholarship Recipients
Our 2022 Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Jocelyn Pyne and Johnny Owens, report that they had wonderful experiences in June in the Coastal Maine Bird Study for Teens program
Buy a Duck Stamp to Support National Wildlife Refuges
As birders, we treasure our birding visits to national wildlife refuges locally and nationally. Of the 32 refuges in New England, 11 are in Massachusetts, including Parker River, Monomoy, Great Meadows, Oxbow, and Assabet
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Upcoming Field Trips
Field Trips / Events
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Arlington Reservoir
We will search for spring migrants, waterfowl, shorebirds. Cosponsored with Menotomy Bird club.
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Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
Cosponsored with Boxborough Birders. We will look for resident species including Indigo Bunting, Savannah Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, Veery, Blue-headed Vireo, Wild Turkey, American Kestrel, and a variety of warblers. Expect to walk about two miles on trails through meadows and woods, with some steep sections. Prepare for ticks. We will bird at the
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Caratunk Wildlife Sanctuary
Just two miles from the Rhode Island border, Caratunk Wildlife Refuge in Seekonk, MA offers six miles of nature hiking trails through nearly 200 acres of fields, forests, streams and ponds. A Purple Martin colony can be observed nesting in the gourds in the main field. Trails are easy to moderate in difficulty. Expect 2.5