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

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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