Farm Meadow, Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 22, 2025 7:49 AM – 10:18 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.161 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Bobolinks at Farm Meadow, Lincoln – Leaders: Mathias Bitter and Kathy Dia –  Cloudy with some patches of rain, clearing up at the end. Two male Bobolinks seen along with nice views of an Indigo bunting and a family of Orioles.

40 species

Mourning Dove  5

Chimney Swift  4

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Green Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  6

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Blue Jay  2

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  1

Barn Swallow (American)  8

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  35

Gray Catbird  4

Eastern Bluebird  1

Wood Thrush  2

American Robin  5

Cedar Waxwing  25

House Sparrow  15

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  10

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  6

Bobolink  2    Two males flying around field.

Baltimore Oriole  5    Male feeding some fledglings.

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  5

Ovenbird  2

Northern Cardinal  2

Indigo Bunting  1    Singing male

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S254846404

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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