Martin Burns WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 12, 2022 7:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk – 61 degrees,cloudy, light breeze.  Notably missing:  Prairie Warbler and Scarlet Tanager
41 species (+1 other taxa)
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
gull sp.  3
Great Blue Heron  11    4 nests, 3 with obvious young as well as 3 flyins
Turkey Vulture  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  5
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  8
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  3
Tree Swallow  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Gray Catbird  16
American Robin  4
American Goldfinch  15
Chipping Sparrow  5
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  11
Eastern Towhee  9
Baltimore Oriole  4
Red-winged Blackbird  9
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
Common Grackle  8
Ovenbird  14
Blue-winged Warbler  1    heard only
Common Yellowthroat  16
Yellow Warbler  6
Northern Cardinal  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  5
Indigo Bunting  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S112886971

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

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Upcoming Field Trips

  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #1)

    Hyannis - Pelagic - Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MA, United States

    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #2)

    Hyannis - Pelagic - Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MA, United States

    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

  • Parker River Marsh Cruise

    Newburyport - Yankee Clipper Tours Waterfront Promenade Park, 36 Merrimac Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Explore Parker River National Wildlife Refuge from a new perspective on a cruise through the Parker River marshes! Join us on the Yankee Clipper docked in Newburyport Harbor for a leisurely cruise through the Refuge. Enjoy close views of shorebirds, gulls, terns, and Saltmarsh Sparrows on this tour. Group discount tickets are available by registering

  • Half-Day Seabirding and Whale Watching

    Plymouth - Captain John's Whale Watching Tour Company 10 Town Wharf, Plymouth, MA, United States

    The BBC has reserved a limited block of discounted group tickets on these public tours. These tours are open to all. Register online at https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=330  Registration opens June 19. Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird club. The parking for multiple hours that you need is not near the town wharf. Allow extra time to find

  • Nighthawk Watch at Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge

    Harvard - Oxbow NWR Tank Rd, Harvard, MA, United States

    Join us for a pleasant evening of watching nighthawk migration along the Nashua River valley. Bring a lawn chair or a camp stool. Rain date: Sunday August 30.

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