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

Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
20-May-2023 07:00 – 10:10
Protocol: Traveling
2.4 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    55F at start;  mostly cloudy, no breeze.  Sandy O. and Rita GG led walk for the Brookline Bird Club and the Boxborough Birders.
56 species
Canada Goose  10
Wild Turkey  3
Black-billed Cuckoo  1    3 of us heard calling very clearly on lower campus.
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
American Woodcock  1
Great Blue Heron  1    F-O over New Meadow
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
American Kestrel  1    On edge at old meadow.
Eastern Wood-Pewee  4
Eastern Phoebe  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  7    Conservative count.
Blue Jay  10
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  9
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow (American)  1    Over meadow abutting upper parking lot.
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  1
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  7
Gray Catbird  12
Northern Mockingbird  3
Eastern Bluebird  4
Veery  1
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  17
House Sparrow  2
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  4
Bobolink  1    Heard clearly at New Meadow.
Baltimore Oriole  3
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  4
Ovenbird  8
Blue-winged Warbler  4    Good sightings.
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Common Yellowthroat  10
American Redstart  2
Yellow Warbler  4
Chestnut-sided Warbler  3    Excellent sightings at New Meadow.
Pine Warbler  2
Canada Warbler  1    .At hedge area along the trail abutting New Meadow
Scarlet Tanager  4
Northern Cardinal  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3
Indigo Bunting  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S138807877

Fri Oct 25 Fall meeting!

The Brookline Bird Club invites you to our Hybrid (Live+Zoom) Fall Meeting on Friday October 25, 2024 from 7pm-9pm, with a social hour beginning at 6:30pm. It will feature a presentation on the dazzling Resplendent Quetzal you

Blue Book Survey

Are you a BBC Member? Do you have 5 minutes? Tell us what you think about the Blue Book! We want to hear your input on our Brookline Bird Club Bulletins, mailed to members each

Fri Oct 25 Fall meeting!

The Brookline Bird Club invites you to our Hybrid (Live+Zoom) Fall Meeting on Friday October 25, 2024 from 7pm-9pm, with a social hour beginning at 6:30pm. It will feature a presentation on the dazzling Resplendent Quetzal you

Blue Book Survey

Are you a BBC Member? Do you have 5 minutes? Tell us what you think about the Blue Book! We want to hear your input on our Brookline Bird Club Bulletins, mailed to members each

Fri Oct 25 Fall meeting!

The Brookline Bird Club invites you to our Hybrid (Live+Zoom) Fall Meeting on Friday October 25, 2024 from 7pm-9pm, with a social hour beginning at 6:30pm. It will feature a presentation on the dazzling Resplendent Quetzal you

Blue Book Survey

Are you a BBC Member? Do you have 5 minutes? Tell us what you think about the Blue Book! We want to hear your input on our Brookline Bird Club Bulletins, mailed to members each

News Categories

BBC News
BBC Trip Reports
Pelagic Trip Report
In Find Memory
BBC Annual Report

Upcoming Field Trips

Field Trips / Events

Field Trips / Events Search and Views Navigation

Field Trip / Event Views Navigation

Today

  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #1)

    Hyannis - Pelagic - Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MA, United States

    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #2)

    Hyannis - Pelagic - Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MA, United States

    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

  • Parker River Marsh Cruise

    Newburyport - Yankee Clipper Tours Waterfront Promenade Park, 36 Merrimac Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Explore Parker River National Wildlife Refuge from a new perspective on a cruise through the Parker River marshes! Join us on the Yankee Clipper docked in Newburyport Harbor for a leisurely cruise through the Refuge. Enjoy close views of shorebirds, gulls, terns, and Saltmarsh Sparrows on this tour. Group discount tickets are available by registering

  • Half-Day Seabirding and Whale Watching

    Plymouth - Captain John's Whale Watching Tour Company 10 Town Wharf, Plymouth, MA, United States

    The BBC has reserved a limited block of discounted group tickets on these public tours. These tours are open to all. Register online at https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=330  Registration opens June 19. Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird club. The parking for multiple hours that you need is not near the town wharf. Allow extra time to find

  • Nighthawk Watch at Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge

    Harvard - Oxbow NWR Tank Rd, Harvard, MA, United States

    Join us for a pleasant evening of watching nighthawk migration along the Nashua River valley. Bring a lawn chair or a camp stool. Rain date: Sunday August 30.

Established in 1913, America’s most active bird club!

© 2024 Brookline Bird Club

Go to Top