Lake Quannapowitt, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
05-Nov-2023 08:02 – 08:55
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club (BBC) Trip / Led by Dave Williams The Lakes of Wakefield and Lynnfield Stationary at several locations
Broken clouds
Temperature: 47 – 50°F
Wind: Mostly calm – light breeze
19 species
Mallard  2
Bufflehead  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6
Mourning Dove  2
Ring-billed Gull  7
Herring Gull (American)  9
Great Cormorant (North Atlantic)  1    Dark overall, light belly, yellowish throat with white patch at base of bill, bill is long and hooked, eyes turquoise; legs and feet are black. Pics
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  2
European Starling  10
American Robin  10
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  2
Field Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  9
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6
Yellow-rumped Warbler  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S153853529
Crystal Lake, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
05-Nov-2023 09:07 – 09:52
Protocol: Traveling
0.32 mile(s)
Temperature: 52 – 55°F
Wind: Mostly calm
20 species
Mute Swan  5    Hatch year
Wood Duck  10
Bufflehead  2
Pied-billed Grebe  5
Mourning Dove  2
Herring Gull (American)  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  9
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
American Robin  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  4
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  1
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S153853525
Lynnfield Marsh–Audubon Rd. & Edgewater, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
05-Nov-2023 10:11 – 10:53
Protocol: Traveling
0.15 mile(s)
Broken clouds – overcast clouds
Temperature: 56 – 58°F
Wind: Mostly calm – light breeze
24 species
Mute Swan  2
American Wigeon  2
Mallard  7
American Black Duck  12
Green-winged Teal (American)  6
Ring-necked Duck  1
Bufflehead  12
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Mourning Dove  1
Herring Gull (American)  6
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  12
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  3
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S153853524

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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

2014 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2014, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 218 reported trips.. A total of 259trips were scheduled, sixteen trips were

ANNUAL REPORT 2009

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Scholarship Report

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

2014 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2014, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 218 reported trips.. A total of 259trips were scheduled, sixteen trips were

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