Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jun 1, 2025 7:55 AM – 9:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
30 species
Canada Goose 6
Chimney Swift 30
Great Blue Heron 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Warbling Vireo 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Common Raven 2
Tufted Titmouse 4
Tree Swallow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 4
Cedar Waxwing 8
American Goldfinch 4
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow Warbler 5
Pine Warbler 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117589
Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jun 1, 2025 10:10 AM – 12:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
17 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard 2
Mallard (Domestic type) 1
Chimney Swift 25
Great Blue Heron 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 2
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Yellow Warbler 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117604
Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jun 1, 2025 11:10 AM
Protocol: Incidental
14 species
Mourning Dove 2
Killdeer 1
Green Heron 3
Great Blue Heron 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 6
Yellow Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117597
St. James Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jun 1, 2025 11:58 AM – 12:28 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
15 species
Chimney Swift 1
Killdeer 1
Green Heron 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Warbling Vireo 4
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
European Starling 2
American Robin 5
Cedar Waxwing 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Common Grackle 5
Yellow Warbler 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117595
Ellisville Harbor SP Shorebird Field Trip with Lisa Schibley
Ellisville Harbor SP Shorebird Field Trip with Lisa Schibley The weather could not have been more beautiful for our shorebird trip led by Lisa Schibley at Ellisville Harbor State Park in Plymouth. Everyone was excited [...]
Upcoming October 11 Big Day!
Upcoming October 11 Big Day! This May the BBC conducted its first "Big Day". Despite some terrible weather, club members recorded a total of 186 species across Massachusetts. We're sure we can beat that next [...]
Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification!
Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification! It will soon be time for the southbound migration of sparrows! Join longtime BBC board member Glenn d'Entremont on October 9 to learn field marks, shapes, and sounds [...]
BBC Global Big Day Count – Follow Up
BBC Global Big Day Count Follow Up On May 10 the BBC sponsored a club-wide Global Big Day Count. While the weather was tough that day with off and on rain, raw wind, and cool [...]
Sign Up for the September Overnight Pelagic!
Overnight Pelagic Trip from Hyannis, MA to Hydrographer Canyon area Our new September 2025 pelagic trip is now open for registration! Our August trips were canceled by Hurricane Erin and so we are giving it [...]
Kids Walk at Great Meadows in Concord
Kids Walk at Great Meadows in Concord Trip leader Kathy Dia and special guest Dr. Bryan Windmiller, from Zoo New England, led a bird and turtle walk at the Great Meadows NWR impoundments in Concord. [...]
Ellisville Harbor SP Shorebird Field Trip with Lisa Schibley
Ellisville Harbor SP Shorebird Field Trip with Lisa Schibley The weather could not have been more beautiful for our shorebird trip led by Lisa Schibley at Ellisville Harbor State Park in Plymouth. Everyone was excited [...]
Upcoming October 11 Big Day!
Upcoming October 11 Big Day! This May the BBC conducted its first "Big Day". Despite some terrible weather, club members recorded a total of 186 species across Massachusetts. We're sure we can beat that next [...]
Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification!
Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification! It will soon be time for the southbound migration of sparrows! Join longtime BBC board member Glenn d'Entremont on October 9 to learn field marks, shapes, and sounds [...]
BBC Global Big Day Count – Follow Up
BBC Global Big Day Count Follow Up On May 10 the BBC sponsored a club-wide Global Big Day Count. While the weather was tough that day with off and on rain, raw wind, and cool [...]
Sign Up for the September Overnight Pelagic!
Overnight Pelagic Trip from Hyannis, MA to Hydrographer Canyon area Our new September 2025 pelagic trip is now open for registration! Our August trips were canceled by Hurricane Erin and so we are giving it [...]
Kids Walk at Great Meadows in Concord
Kids Walk at Great Meadows in Concord Trip leader Kathy Dia and special guest Dr. Bryan Windmiller, from Zoo New England, led a bird and turtle walk at the Great Meadows NWR impoundments in Concord. [...]
Ellisville Harbor SP Shorebird Field Trip with Lisa Schibley
Ellisville Harbor SP Shorebird Field Trip with Lisa Schibley The weather could not have been more beautiful for our shorebird trip led by Lisa Schibley at Ellisville Harbor State Park in Plymouth. Everyone was excited [...]
Upcoming October 11 Big Day!
Upcoming October 11 Big Day! This May the BBC conducted its first "Big Day". Despite some terrible weather, club members recorded a total of 186 species across Massachusetts. We're sure we can beat that next [...]
Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification!
Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification! It will soon be time for the southbound migration of sparrows! Join longtime BBC board member Glenn d'Entremont on October 9 to learn field marks, shapes, and sounds [...]
BBC Global Big Day Count – Follow Up
BBC Global Big Day Count Follow Up On May 10 the BBC sponsored a club-wide Global Big Day Count. While the weather was tough that day with off and on rain, raw wind, and cool [...]
Sign Up for the September Overnight Pelagic!
Overnight Pelagic Trip from Hyannis, MA to Hydrographer Canyon area Our new September 2025 pelagic trip is now open for registration! Our August trips were canceled by Hurricane Erin and so we are giving it [...]
Kids Walk at Great Meadows in Concord
Kids Walk at Great Meadows in Concord Trip leader Kathy Dia and special guest Dr. Bryan Windmiller, from Zoo New England, led a bird and turtle walk at the Great Meadows NWR impoundments in Concord. [...]
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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.
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Birding Sketch Crawl – Fall Series
Leader's ChoiceCome and bird/sketch favorite patches around Essex and Middlesex Counties.
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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.
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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.
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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.