Eastern Point–General Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 12, 2024 6:49 AM – 9:49 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
55 species
Mallard 3
Common Eider 35
Long-tailed Duck 2
Red-breasted Merganser 16
Wild Turkey 1
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 1
Killdeer 4
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 32
Black-crowned Night Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Northern House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 4
Northern Mockingbird 2
Veery 1
American Robin X
House Finch 7
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 8
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Baltimore Oriole 4
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle X
Ovenbird 3
Northern Waterthrush 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 8
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula 9
Magnolia Warbler 4
Yellow Warbler 12
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Black-throated Green Warbler 6
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S206389795
Update on Young Birder Scholarships
Updated April 26,2020: The BBC is sorry to announce that National Audubon has cancelled all 2020 summer camps at Hog Island in Maine, so that our two Young Birder Scholarship recipients, May Adams and
Help Us Archive Old Trips!
The Brookline Bird Club has almost 80 years of field trip reports that we’d like to add to eBird. As one of the oldest bird clubs in the United States, our archive of field
A Look Back to 1918
The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,
Proposed rules change for the Duck Stamp and Duck Stamp Art Contest
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now proposing a permanent rule change to the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Contest (known as the Duck Stamp) that would make the theme “Celebrating Our Waterfowl
BBC 2020 Winter Meeting: Scott Weidensaul
Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent’s Natural Soul In 1955, naturalists Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher published their bestselling book Wild America, chronicling a now-legendary 30,000-mile trip across
Fundraising Effort to Memorialize Ida (update)
Ida at Plum Island, undated. The Board of Directors is pleased to announce 73 donations were received totaling $5,615 which far exceeded the goal set. 100% of the funds will go to
Update on Young Birder Scholarships
Updated April 26,2020: The BBC is sorry to announce that National Audubon has cancelled all 2020 summer camps at Hog Island in Maine, so that our two Young Birder Scholarship recipients, May Adams and
Help Us Archive Old Trips!
The Brookline Bird Club has almost 80 years of field trip reports that we’d like to add to eBird. As one of the oldest bird clubs in the United States, our archive of field
A Look Back to 1918
The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,
Proposed rules change for the Duck Stamp and Duck Stamp Art Contest
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now proposing a permanent rule change to the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Contest (known as the Duck Stamp) that would make the theme “Celebrating Our Waterfowl
BBC 2020 Winter Meeting: Scott Weidensaul
Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent’s Natural Soul In 1955, naturalists Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher published their bestselling book Wild America, chronicling a now-legendary 30,000-mile trip across
Fundraising Effort to Memorialize Ida (update)
Ida at Plum Island, undated. The Board of Directors is pleased to announce 73 donations were received totaling $5,615 which far exceeded the goal set. 100% of the funds will go to
Update on Young Birder Scholarships
Updated April 26,2020: The BBC is sorry to announce that National Audubon has cancelled all 2020 summer camps at Hog Island in Maine, so that our two Young Birder Scholarship recipients, May Adams and
Help Us Archive Old Trips!
The Brookline Bird Club has almost 80 years of field trip reports that we’d like to add to eBird. As one of the oldest bird clubs in the United States, our archive of field
A Look Back to 1918
The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,
Proposed rules change for the Duck Stamp and Duck Stamp Art Contest
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now proposing a permanent rule change to the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Contest (known as the Duck Stamp) that would make the theme “Celebrating Our Waterfowl
BBC 2020 Winter Meeting: Scott Weidensaul
Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent’s Natural Soul In 1955, naturalists Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher published their bestselling book Wild America, chronicling a now-legendary 30,000-mile trip across
Fundraising Effort to Memorialize Ida (update)
Ida at Plum Island, undated. The Board of Directors is pleased to announce 73 donations were received totaling $5,615 which far exceeded the goal set. 100% of the funds will go to
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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation RESCHEDULED TO SATURDAY FEB 21 at 1:30 pm
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Revere Beach Pop-up trip for Gulls (Gullapalooza)
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Cape Ann
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Early Birders @ Milton Landing & Neponset River Greenway
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Halibut Point State Park, Rockport
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