Plymouth Beach, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Jul 18, 2021 6:00 AM – 6:15 AM
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, beach part weathered out, went to MSSF and Plymouth Airport instead
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Laughing Gull  10
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Least Tern  5
Willow Flycatcher  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S92062122
Myles Standish SF, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Jul 18, 2021 6:45 AM – 8:15 AM
Wild Turkey  11    10 young, kept flushing, looked like gray grouse (that size), then adult female took off after them
Mourning Dove  3
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  22
Red-breasted Nuthatch  6
House Wren  1
Gray Catbird  4
Hermit Thrush  4
American Robin  9
American Goldfinch  3
Chipping Sparrow  12
Field Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  31
Common Grackle  150
Ovenbird  4
Common Yellowthroat  7
Pine Warbler  16
Prairie Warbler  4
Indigo Bunting  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S92062128
Plymouth Airport, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Jul 18, 2021 8:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Mourning Dove  18
Killdeer  2
Least Sandpiper  1    calling flying over
Turkey Vulture  1
American Kestrel  2    pair, calling, likely nesting
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  12
Horned Lark  8
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow (American)  1
European Starling  X
Gray Catbird  2
American Robin  2
House Sparrow  X
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  2
Grasshopper Sparrow  2    1 fledged young, heavily streaked on chest
Chipping Sparrow  2
Field Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  5
Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)  5
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  3
Common Grackle  10
Pine Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S92062132

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

  • South Shore Century Run

    Meet at 6:00 am at the main parking area of Wompatuck State Park, Hingham. A medium-paced trip to key places on the South Shore to try to observe 100 species of migrants and residents while having fun. Note: This trip will likely go to The Trustees of Reservation Property at World’s End. Contact leader for

  • Parker River NWR on Bike

    Leave your car behind as we cycle the main refuge road looking and listening for spring migrants. Be ready to peddle by 6:30 a.m. Note that an entrance fee or pass is required. Restrooms available.

  • Spring Bird Walk Along the Charles River in Waltham

    Cosponsored by Waltham Land Trust, BBC & Menotomy Bird Club and led by Emily Szczypek, member of all three organizations.  Migration is taking place so we could see Baltimore Orioles, Warbling Vireos, Warblers, Tree and or Rough-winged Swallows, and Osprey, as well as our resident Great Blue Herons, Red-tailed Hawks, and various song birds. Bring binoculars.

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