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

Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Sep 28, 2019 7:00 AM – 10:40 AM
Comments:    53 – 69F, sunny, clear and breezy.  Very quiet morning until New Meadow and fantastic display between an immature red tailed hawk and immature coopers hawk.  A joint walk for Brookline Bird Club and Boxborough Birders.  The falling colored leaves, the fully canopy and breeze made for a challenging morning for identifying moving birds in canopy.  Most noted was hearing the soft “chip” of probable song or white-throated sparrows in the dense grassy, bushy areas, but, no sightings. This was during the first hour or so when it was cold.
29 species (+3 other taxa)
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Cooper’s Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Barred Owl  1    We all heard it clearly from the woods while we were walking the Old Meadow towards Pergolas site.  Alas could not find it for a visual.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1    2 of us had a good but short-lived look at it near the Farmhouse.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  4
Hairy Woodpecker  4
Pileated Woodpecker  1    Heard clearly twice, but, it did not allow a visual.
Northern Flicker  9    Readily present all locations most notably at New Meadow and near the Farmhouse.
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  17    Probably a conservative count.  Very vocal and present along entire walk.
American Crow  6    Five quite annoyed with red tailed hawk over New Meadow.
Black-capped Chickadee  18
Tufted Titmouse  2    Probably more but only saw 2 clearly.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
European Starling  30    Estimate as “murmuration” of starlings were mobbing the coopers hawk at New Meadow.
Gray Catbird  8
Eastern Bluebird  3
American Robin  12    Probably more.
Cedar Waxwing  9
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  2
American Tree Sparrow  1    Very clear view of one with the “burst” of sparrows near the parking lot meadow along the fruit trees and stone wall (behind the private red barn).  Had scope on it when on the barn roof line and when it flew on top of stone wall rock.
Song Sparrow  3
sparrow sp.  X    At the end of the walk while 4 of us were gathered at the cars in the meadow parking lot, Ron noted a “burst” of activity behind the private red barn with birds flying from barn area to the cluster of deciduous trees behind the red barn along the stone wall.  Could not identify all of them as they were dropping into the grass and canopy and out of sight.  Did get clear view of chipping, tree and song sparrows.
Pine Warbler  3    Heard very clearly in the woods on walk from New Meadow to Farm House.  Caught glimpses.
Northern Cardinal  1
Indigo Bunting  1    Good look at New Meadow.
passerine sp.  X    While watching the red tail hawk and cooper hawk “engagement” viewed from New Meadow, there were many small birds in the tree where both were at one point, but, could not get a good view to identify.
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2024 Year in Review!

Photo credit: Manomet Photo credit Jennifer Thornton Thanks to our inspired volunteer Board, committee members, and field trip leaders, the Brookline Bird Club enjoyed impressive successes during 2024.  Our volunteer trip leaders and enthusiastic participants

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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2024 Year in Review!

Photo credit: Manomet Photo credit Jennifer Thornton Thanks to our inspired volunteer Board, committee members, and field trip leaders, the Brookline Bird Club enjoyed impressive successes during 2024.  Our volunteer trip leaders and enthusiastic participants

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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Calling all BBC members - annual memberships expire December 31st 2024. Renew today for the 2025 calendar year to continue uninterrupted access to member benefits including our blue book mailings, member webinars, and more! Membership

2024 Year in Review!

Photo credit: Manomet Photo credit Jennifer Thornton Thanks to our inspired volunteer Board, committee members, and field trip leaders, the Brookline Bird Club enjoyed impressive successes during 2024.  Our volunteer trip leaders and enthusiastic participants

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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Calling all BBC members - annual memberships expire December 31st 2024. Renew today for the 2025 calendar year to continue uninterrupted access to member benefits including our blue book mailings, member webinars, and more! Membership

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