Gooseberry Neck, Bristol, Massachusetts, US
Oct 6, 2019 6:20 AM – 8:10 AM
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club trip: Gooseberry Neck, Westport-Leader Nick Paulson
Quiet birding day windy and choppy seas west, calm flat seas east.
17 species
Mute Swan  1
Black-bellied Plover  1
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
American Woodcock  1
Red Phalarope  3    Large flyby phalropes off S tip. Gray and white. Mostly white underneath wings. Paler than RN Phalarope. Rare and unexpected for the location.
Bonaparte’s Gull  3
Herring Gull  20
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Great Cormorant  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Gray Catbird  2
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  1
Bobolink  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S63336855

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

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