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

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

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of

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