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

Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 26, 2019 6:30 AM – 9:38 AM
Comments:    Brookline/Menotomy bird club walk, J. Forbes leader. Cloudy with a brief downpour to start then got really nice. Full loop.
51 species (+4 other taxa)
Canada Goose  30    Many families
Mute Swan  1
Wood Duck  25    2 families and scattered adults
Mallard  10    1 family
Hooded Merganser  2    Min, probably more but every time we saw some it was 2 females
Mourning Dove  2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1    Calling little ways to right, we heard others had good views
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo  1    Likely Black-billed calling distantly
Chimney Swift  1
Virginia Rail (Virginia)  1    Calling just before intersection. Leslie has views later after she left us
peep sp.  2    Probably leader only
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Least Bittern  1    Calling at the set of benches way down to right. Eventually climbed into the open.
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  4
Green Heron  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey (carolinensis)  2
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
falcon sp.  1    Presumably a kestrel, Kingbird chased off before we got a look
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Willow Flycatcher  4    Min
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher)  1    Alderish song along river
Least Flycatcher  1    Singing along river just before grate
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
Eastern Kingbird  5
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  4
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  1
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow (American)  3
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  4
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Marsh Wren (palustris Group)  6
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  1
European Starling  1
Cedar Waxwing  2
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  4
Swamp Sparrow  4
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  20
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  40
Common Yellowthroat  5
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  5
Blackpoll Warbler  3    2 along river one in woods
Pine Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56791825

ANNUAL REPORT 1996

1996 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1996, the Brookline Bird Club listed 293 species of birds on 207 reported trips. A total of 248 trips were scheduled, 73 all-day, 144 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

ANNUAL REPORT 1996

1996 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1996, the Brookline Bird Club listed 293 species of birds on 207 reported trips. A total of 248 trips were scheduled, 73 all-day, 144 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

ANNUAL REPORT 1996

1996 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1996, the Brookline Bird Club listed 293 species of birds on 207 reported trips. A total of 248 trips were scheduled, 73 all-day, 144 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

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