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Fort Phoenix State Reservation, Bristol, Massachusetts, US

Dec 8, 2024 8:18 AM – 9:27 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.141 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip. Carol Molander leading. Very windy morning. ☁️

Overcast clouds

Temperature: 46 – 47°F

Wind: Fresh breeze – gale

Wind Direction: SW

Cloud Cover: 100%

Humidity: 68 – 69%

Sunrise: 6:58am

Sunset: 4:13pm

Weather generated by <a href=”https://raincrow.app/”>RainCrow</a>

17 species (+1 other taxa)

Brant  500    Common here in winter

Snow Goose x Brant (hybrid)  1    Continuing hybrid.

American Black Duck  8

Greater Scaup  120

Common Eider  40

Surf Scoter  2

White-winged Scoter  6

Long-tailed Duck  34

Bufflehead  24

Red-breasted Merganser  35

Mourning Dove  1

Ring-billed Gull  15

American Herring Gull  24

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Horned Grebe  23

Common Loon  2

American Crow  1

Song Sparrow  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S205151085

1000 S Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford US-MA (41.5943,-70.9016) Fort Tabor., Bristol, Massachusetts, US

Dec 8, 2024 10:55 AM – 12:36 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.61 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip. Carol Molander leading. Looking for the Black Brant was the main focus at this location.

18 species (+1 other taxa)

Brant  1400    Atlantic. Best estimate. All along the shore of Rodney French Boulevard.

Brant (Black)  1    *Rare. Continuing bird found by the Eckersons. Many photos.  Prominent white necklace around its neck. Darker feathering on the sides of the body beyond the dark feathers on the breast, compared with Altlantic Brant. After looking through the flocks of Atlantic Brant for an hour along the shore of Rodney French Boulevard, we met Jamie Bogart. The Black Brant flew in front of us with about 100 Atlantic Brant near the entrance gate of Fort Rodman.

Canada Goose  26

Mute Swan  2

Common Eider  58

Surf Scoter  8

White-winged Scoter  10

Long-tailed Duck  2

Bufflehead  12

Common Goldeneye  2

Red-breasted Merganser  30

Ring-billed Gull  35

American Herring Gull  24

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Red-throated Loon  3

Common Loon  2

American Crow  3

House Sparrow  14

Song Sparrow  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S205151084

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Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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