Lake Quannapowitt, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 3, 2019 7:23 AM – 8:43 AM
Checklist Comments:    Led BBC walk.  Sunny, cold, 36 degrees to start.
32 species
Canada Goose  17
Mute Swan  5    Fly-overs. Probably the birds we saw latter at Crystal Lake.
Mallard  12
Black Scoter  12    This is my third record here for them.
Bufflehead  1
Common Merganser  1
Mourning Dove  2
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  51
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Great Blue Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  3
Common Raven  1    This bird was seen and heard by some of the group on our return to the parking area to end the trip.
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
European Starling  7
American Robin  12
House Sparrow  3
American Goldfinch  9
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Red-winged Blackbird  26
Rusty Blackbird  1    Well seen and heard.
Common Grackle  23
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S61170270
Crystal Lake, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 3, 2019 8:47 AM – 9:15 AM
Checklist Comments:    Led BBC walk.  Sunny, cold, 40 degrees to start. Waterfowl were almost non-exsistant.
8 species
Canada Goose  17
Mute Swan  5
Mallard  15
Bufflehead  2
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Osprey  1    Always a target bird for me on this trip.
Song Sparrow  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S61170272
Lynnfield Marsh–IBA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 3, 2019 9:26 AM – 10:30 AM
Checklist Comments:    Led BBC walk. Sunny, cold, 43 degrees to start.
27 species
Canada Goose  67
Mute Swan  5
Mallard  4
Green-winged Teal  7
Bufflehead  13
Hooded Merganser  1
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Killdeer  1    Fly-over, calling.
Ring-billed Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  9
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Hermit Thrush  3
American Robin  3
Snow Bunting  1    Flying overhead, calling.  Good pick-up by Jason.
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  3
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Rusty Blackbird  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S61170273
Suntaug Lake, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 3, 2019 10:35 AM – 10:52 AM
Checklist Comments:    Led BBC walk.  Sunny, 50 degrees.
5 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  7
Ring-necked Duck  X    Up tight to shore on the far side of the lake.  Challenging to discern from Scaup at this distance.
Lesser Scaup  5    This group of five was right in front of us and we’ll seen.
Greater/Lesser Scaup  X    Up tight to shore on the far side of the lake.  Challenging to discern from Ringneck Ducks at this distance.
Ruddy Duck  2
Bald Eagle  1    Adult.  Perched high atop a big Pine on Humpfries Island.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S61170274

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The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute

Tips for inspiring Young Birders

The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you

ANNUAL REPORT 2014

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The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute

Tips for inspiring Young Birders

The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you

ANNUAL REPORT 2014

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