Martin Burns WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 9, 2019 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Comments:    BBC walk, started 55 degrees and sunny, 14 participants.  Noted absence of Prairie warblers
43 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  5    2 adults, 3 young
Wood Duck  1    Female
Mourning Dove  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1    Flyover
Great Blue Heron  9    2 young
Osprey  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  5
Alder Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  1
Tree Swallow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
House Wren  1
Marsh Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Gray Catbird  8
Cedar Waxwing  7
American Goldfinch  8
Chipping Sparrow  3
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  9
Eastern Towhee  16
Baltimore Oriole  11
Red-winged Blackbird  26
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle  2
Ovenbird  2
Blue-winged Warbler  5
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  19
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  6    Known to nest here
Indigo Bunting  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57252099

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

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BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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Upcoming Field Trips

  • Mount Auburn Cemetery

    Mount Auburn Cemetery 536 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, United States
  • Boston Public Garden

    Boston Public Garden - Charles St. Entrance Charles St., Boston, MA, United States

    This is a two-hour walk exploring the four corners of the Public Garden, where a surprising number of interesting migrants have found their way in the springtime.

  • Mount Auburn Cemetery

    Mount Auburn Cemetery 536 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, United States
  • Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, Worcester

    Worcester - Broad Meadow Brook WS (Mass Audubon) 414 Massasoit Rd, Worcester, MA, United States

    We’ll walk about 3 miles or mostly even terrain exploring 400 acre urban wildlife sanctuary looking for woodpeckers, raptors, ducks, herons and migrating song birds. There may be a $4 trail fee for Non-Mass Audubon Members. Beginners welcome!

  • Annual Members Meeting & Lecture with Hyla Howe: Bobolinks on the Brink

    Harvard University Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Please join us on April 24 for our Annual Members Meeting. The evening begins with a social hour at 6:30. The program starts at 7:30 with the BBC’s annual business meeting and the election of new officers and board members. Once we have concluded with club business and announcements we will go the evening’s speaker.

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