Eastern Point–General Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 10, 2026 6:53 AM – 11:52 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.973 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Superb day on EP. Upper 50’s to low 60’s, very little wind, some fog and overcast that dissipated as the morning went on.
82 species (+1 other taxa)
Brant 7
Canada Goose 1
Mallard 22
American Black Duck 4
Common Eider 32
Surf Scoter 2
Black Scoter 1
Long-tailed Duck 1
Bufflehead 6
Wild Turkey 2
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 1
Killdeer 1
Semipalmated Plover 3
Least Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 6
American Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Common Loon 3
Northern Gannet 1
Double-crested Cormorant 22
Black-crowned Night Heron 1
Snowy Egret 1
Great Egret 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Merlin 1
falcon sp. 1
Least Flycatcher 7
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue-headed Vireo 7
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 9
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 3
Tree Swallow 18
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7
Barn Swallow 20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 6
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 20
Northern Mockingbird 3
Veery 2
American Robin 7
Cedar Waxwing 1
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 8
Chipping Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 1
Baltimore Oriole 7
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Common Grackle 12
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Nashville Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 5
Magnolia Warbler 3
Blackburnian Warbler 4
Northern Yellow Warbler 12
Chestnut-sided Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 6
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337288474
Scholarship Report
The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute
Tips for inspiring Young Birders
The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
2014 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2014, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 218 reported trips.. A total of 259trips were scheduled, sixteen trips were
ANNUAL REPORT 2009
2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A
ANNUAL REPORT 2008
2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total
ANNUAL REPORT 2007
2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total
Scholarship Report
The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute
Tips for inspiring Young Birders
The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
2014 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2014, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 218 reported trips.. A total of 259trips were scheduled, sixteen trips were
ANNUAL REPORT 2009
2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A
ANNUAL REPORT 2008
2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total
ANNUAL REPORT 2007
2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total
Scholarship Report
The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute
Tips for inspiring Young Birders
The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
2014 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2014, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 218 reported trips.. A total of 259trips were scheduled, sixteen trips were
ANNUAL REPORT 2009
2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A
ANNUAL REPORT 2008
2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total
ANNUAL REPORT 2007
2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total
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An Oasis for Birds at Belle Isle Marsh
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Mount Auburn in Summer
Mount Auburn Cemetery 536 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesMt. Auburn Cemetery is most heavily visited during migration season, but birding there in the summer allows you to see the large number of vibrant breeding birds without the crowds. Expect to see herons, vireos, flycatchers, and raptors, which may include some Great Horned Owls if we are lucky. Birders and nature-lovers of all skill
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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation (Winthrop)
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Forest Beach Conservation Area
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Squantum – Quincy
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