Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Oct 12, 2025 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
26 species
Canada Goose 3
Wood Duck 4
Gadwall 2 Spotted from dog beach
Mallard 4
American Black Duck 2
Mourning Dove 3
Killdeer 3
Common Loon 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 24
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 1
American Goldfinch 3
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279013360
Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Oct 12, 2025 9:35 AM – 10:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
7 species
Canada Goose 6
Wood Duck 8
Mallard 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 3
White-throated Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279013350
Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Oct 12, 2025 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
18 species
Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 6
Mallard 5
American Black Duck 1
Green-winged Teal 10
Killdeer 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
European Starling 30
Northern Mockingbird 1
Dark-eyed Junco 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Rusty Blackbird 12 Seen from island in swamp
Common Grackle 30
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279013340
The Puffin Plan: Restoring Seabirds to Egg Rock and Beyond
On February 9, 2022, our Members Virtual Winter Meeting will present Puffin Researcher and Ornithologist Steve Kress and Journalist-Photographer Derrick Z. Jackson. NOTE: This event requires all participants to register, and attendance is limited. [...]
Membership Secretary Needed
The Brookline Bird Club is seeking a qualified individual to fill the role of Membership Secretary. Skills preferred for this important Board position include familiarity with using a database program, timely and efficient processing [...]
Update: Rio Grande Valley Land Fund Salineno birding tract
An update from Vicky Guerra via Rio Grande Valley Birding: The final order of dismissal of the government's condemnation lawsuit against Valley Land Fund's Salineno birding tract was signed in late September. The title [...]
BBC’s New Code of Ethics and Conduct
BBC’s new Code of Ethics and Conduct If you are involved with the Brookline Bird Club, we know that you have a great love for and appreciation of birds and nature. The BBC is [...]
BBC & Athol Bird and Nature Club Walk
On Friday, September 10th, 6 BBC members enjoyed the Athol Bird and Nature Club -- Brookline Bird Club's co-sponsored walk along Quabbin Reservoir's Gate 35 path. Warblers, thrushes, and other passerines, hawks, Bald [...]
BBC Board Members Go Birding
BBC Board members took some much-needed time to do what it does well: go birding! We joined leader Linda Ferraresso for an early October walk at Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center, in Mattapan, where [...]
The Puffin Plan: Restoring Seabirds to Egg Rock and Beyond
On February 9, 2022, our Members Virtual Winter Meeting will present Puffin Researcher and Ornithologist Steve Kress and Journalist-Photographer Derrick Z. Jackson. NOTE: This event requires all participants to register, and attendance is limited. [...]
Membership Secretary Needed
The Brookline Bird Club is seeking a qualified individual to fill the role of Membership Secretary. Skills preferred for this important Board position include familiarity with using a database program, timely and efficient processing [...]
Update: Rio Grande Valley Land Fund Salineno birding tract
An update from Vicky Guerra via Rio Grande Valley Birding: The final order of dismissal of the government's condemnation lawsuit against Valley Land Fund's Salineno birding tract was signed in late September. The title [...]
BBC’s New Code of Ethics and Conduct
BBC’s new Code of Ethics and Conduct If you are involved with the Brookline Bird Club, we know that you have a great love for and appreciation of birds and nature. The BBC is [...]
BBC & Athol Bird and Nature Club Walk
On Friday, September 10th, 6 BBC members enjoyed the Athol Bird and Nature Club -- Brookline Bird Club's co-sponsored walk along Quabbin Reservoir's Gate 35 path. Warblers, thrushes, and other passerines, hawks, Bald [...]
BBC Board Members Go Birding
BBC Board members took some much-needed time to do what it does well: go birding! We joined leader Linda Ferraresso for an early October walk at Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center, in Mattapan, where [...]
The Puffin Plan: Restoring Seabirds to Egg Rock and Beyond
On February 9, 2022, our Members Virtual Winter Meeting will present Puffin Researcher and Ornithologist Steve Kress and Journalist-Photographer Derrick Z. Jackson. NOTE: This event requires all participants to register, and attendance is limited. [...]
Membership Secretary Needed
The Brookline Bird Club is seeking a qualified individual to fill the role of Membership Secretary. Skills preferred for this important Board position include familiarity with using a database program, timely and efficient processing [...]
Update: Rio Grande Valley Land Fund Salineno birding tract
An update from Vicky Guerra via Rio Grande Valley Birding: The final order of dismissal of the government's condemnation lawsuit against Valley Land Fund's Salineno birding tract was signed in late September. The title [...]
BBC’s New Code of Ethics and Conduct
BBC’s new Code of Ethics and Conduct If you are involved with the Brookline Bird Club, we know that you have a great love for and appreciation of birds and nature. The BBC is [...]
BBC & Athol Bird and Nature Club Walk
On Friday, September 10th, 6 BBC members enjoyed the Athol Bird and Nature Club -- Brookline Bird Club's co-sponsored walk along Quabbin Reservoir's Gate 35 path. Warblers, thrushes, and other passerines, hawks, Bald [...]
BBC Board Members Go Birding
BBC Board members took some much-needed time to do what it does well: go birding! We joined leader Linda Ferraresso for an early October walk at Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center, in Mattapan, where [...]
News Categories
Upcoming Field Trips
Field Trips / Events
-
-
Cold Spring Park, Newton
Newton - Cold Spring Park 1200 Beacon St, Newton, MA, United StatesThis large multi-use city park offers an easy 1.4-mile loop through mixed forest, open green areas, and red maple swamplands, attracting a surprising array of resident and migratory birds. Porta Potties available.
-
Birding Sketch Crawl – Fall Series
Leader's ChoiceCome and bird/sketch favorite patches around Essex and Middlesex Counties.
-
Plum Island
Parker River NWR - Lot #1 Refuge Rd., Newbury, MA, MA, United StatesWe will be walking the North Pool dike as well as visiting other spots. Note that an entrance fee or pass is required. Restrooms available.
-
Barretts Mill Farmland
Concord - Barretts Mill Farmland Barrett's Mill Road, Concord, MA, United StatesThis is often a great place for fall sparrows including Savannah, Field, and White-crowned, as well as Pipit and occasional Dickcissel. Loaner binoculars available; please email trip leader to reserve a pair! If the weather doens't look good, contact the leader to check status.
-
Hellcat at Parker River NWR
Parker River NWR - Lot #4 Newbury, MA, United StatesDuring the past few years the refuge has opened the dike to hiking during National Wildlife Refuge Week. We will plan to do that hike if the dike is again open this year. Otherwise we hike the boardwalk and normal dike area.