Mt. Greylock, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 16, 2018 6:00 AM – 1:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
19.6 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Paul C, 6 participants
51 species
Ruffed Grouse 1 w/at least 2 young
Turkey Vulture 1
Mourning Dove 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 96
Blue Jay 6
Common Raven 3
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow (American) 1
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 1
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 1
Veery 13
Swainson’s Thrush 2
Hermit Thrush 3
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 24
Gray Catbird 4
Cedar Waxwing 12
Ovenbird 51
Black-and-white Warbler 8
Mourning Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 10
Magnolia Warbler 3
Blackburnian Warbler 16
Chestnut-sided Warbler 20
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 18
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 9
Canada Warbler 1
Field Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 16
White-throated Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 7
Scarlet Tanager 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6
Indigo Bunting 8
Purple Finch (Eastern) 9
American Goldfinch 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47311095
Williamstown, Sloan Road, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 16, 2018 1:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Paul C, 6 participants
23 species
Turkey Vulture 9
Virginia Rail (Virginia) 1
Killdeer 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
American Crow 4
Barn Swallow (American) 8
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 2
European Starling X
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 2
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 1
Bobolink 10
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 7
Common Grackle 1
House Finch 1
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47311093
Post Farm Marsh, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 16, 2018 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Paul C 6 participants
32 species
Wood Duck 1
Mallard (Northern) 1
Virginia Rail (Virginia) 6 w/4 young
Mourning Dove 5
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Barred Owl (Northern) 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 3
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Tree Swallow 3
Marsh Wren 3
Veery 3
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 4
Cedar Waxwing 9
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 4
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 5
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 5
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 20
Common Grackle 5
American Goldfinch 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47311092
Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 16, 2018
Protocol: Incidental
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Paul C, 6 participants
1 species
Chimney Swift 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47311097
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Saturday–Sunday, September 21–22 6:00 a.m. Saturday–6:00 p.m. Sunday From Hyannis to Hydrographer Canyon area with expert guides. Birds expected: White-Faced Storm Petrels, several species of shearwaters, jaegers, gannets, gulls, terns, and several species of marine
2019-20 FEDERAL DUCK STAMPS ON SALE NOW!
The BBC is again selling the Federal Migratory Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp. We are doing this in support of the National Wildlife Refuge System and to support conservation of federal lands. Ninety-eight cents of every
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Huge numbers of birders on the BBC trip at Mount Auburn Cemetery recently. There are trips every day until the latter part of May.
Noah Strycker: Birding Without Borders and his World Big Year
200 enthusiastic birders attended Noah Strycker's talk at our April 11th annual general meeting at Harvard University's Geological Lecture Hall in Cambridge. Following refreshments, membership sign-ups and renewals, and palpable energy building as our northeast
Habitat Gardening for Birds with Master Gardener Catherine Carney-Feldman
Sunday, August 25, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield All species on our planet need habitat—a place to call home. Habitats provide shelter from the weather and predators, a place to raise young,
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Saturday–Sunday, September 21–22 6:00 a.m. Saturday–6:00 p.m. Sunday From Hyannis to Hydrographer Canyon area with expert guides. Birds expected: White-Faced Storm Petrels, several species of shearwaters, jaegers, gannets, gulls, terns, and several species of marine
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The BBC is again selling the Federal Migratory Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp. We are doing this in support of the National Wildlife Refuge System and to support conservation of federal lands. Ninety-eight cents of every
Upcoming Workshop: Shorebirds with Wayne Petersen
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Halibut Point State Park, Rockport
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Castle Island & Pleasure Bay
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Deer Island & Boston Harbor, Winthrop
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Cape Ann
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