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Lake Quannapowitt, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 4, 2018 7:40 AM – 8:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Led BBC walk.  Sunny, 43 degrees to start, gusty wind 10-20.  Included drive through Lake View Cemetery.
22 species

Canada Goose  0     This is a rarity for here!
Mallard  0     Another rarity for hear!
Ring-necked Duck  1
Bufflehead  1
Common Merganser  62
Mourning Dove  5
Ring-billed Gull  17
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  7
Great Blue Heron  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  4
Black-capped Chickadee  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  1
American Robin  16
European Starling  25
American Goldfinch  3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  3
White-throated Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51723281

Crystal Lake, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 4, 2018 8:55 AM – 9:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.8 mile(s)
Comments:     Led BBC walk,  Sunny, 44 degrees, gusty wind 10-20.  Not the volume of ducks that is usually here at this time of year.
19 species

Canada Goose  11
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  7
American Black Duck  2
Green-winged Teal  5
Ring-necked Duck  2
Bufflehead  1
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  2
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Dark-eyed Junco  3
White-throated Sparrow  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51723279
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Lynnfield Marsh–IBA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 4, 2018 9:45 AM – 10:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.75 mile(s)
Comments:     Led BBC walk, sunny, 46 degrees, gusty wind 10-20.  Seeing the Cattle egret was great.  Number and diversity of waterfowl wasn’t what it usually is at this time of year.
13 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  61
Mute Swan  3
Mallard  4
Green-winged Teal  3
Bufflehead  7
Hooded Merganser  5     A singleton and a group of four.
Ruddy Duck  1
Ring-billed Gull  1
Cattle Egret  1     Continuing bird found four days ago by Chris Martone.  Lynnfield MarketPlace Mall.  Over near the Leahey Hospital.  Right along the road, not 3-4 feet from cars going by.  Hunting for insects.
Blue Jay  1
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Song Sparrow  4
Red-winged Blackbird  1
blackbird sp.  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51723278

Suntaug Lake, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 4, 2018 10:50 AM – 11:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.1 mile(s)
Comments:     Led BBC walk.  Sunny, 47 degrees, gusty wind 10-20.  Number and diversity of waterfowl not what it usually is for this time of year. All ducks were on the opposite side of the lake making viewing difficult.
6 species (+1 other taxa)

Ring-necked Duck  X     Too far away to get an accurate count.
Greater/Lesser Scaup  X     Too far away to get an accurate count and ID.
Bufflehead  8
Hooded Merganser  12
Red-tailed Hawk  2
White-throated Sparrow  3
House Sparrow  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51723274

ANNUAL REPORT 2009

2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2005

2005 Statistical and Year End Report By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2005, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, six species less than the previous year. To put [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2009

2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2005

2005 Statistical and Year End Report By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2005, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, six species less than the previous year. To put [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2009

2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2005

2005 Statistical and Year End Report By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2005, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, six species less than the previous year. To put [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in [...]

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