Nahanton Park , Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 20, 2018 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC walk. Variable breeze, overcast, 60 deg
42 species

Canada Goose  15
Mallard  4
Wild Turkey  7
Mourning Dove  1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1     upper field
Herring Gull  20
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  10
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
American Robin  60
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  10     Probably a lot more, in with the grackle flock
House Finch  15
Purple Finch  1     scruffy juvenile male
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  8
Field Sparrow  1     juv
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  5
White-crowned Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  25
Song Sparrow  8
Lincoln’s Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  2
Common Grackle  250
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  3
Northern Cardinal  1
Indigo Bunting  2
House Sparrow  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51723389


Cold Spring Park, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 20, 2018 11:20 AM – 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC walk. Clearing, variable breeze. Dog park.
22 species

Mourning Dove  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  6
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  5
Black-capped Chickadee  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  2
European Starling  80     back portion of grackle flock. Mainly im.
House Finch  6
Chipping Sparrow  3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  3
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  1
Common Grackle  180
Nashville Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51723391

Member Webinar August 13: The Art and Craft of Shorebird Identification with Lisa Schibley

Member Webinar August 13: The Art and Craft of Shorebird Identification with Lisa Schibley Shorebirds are among the most fascinating and diverse groups of birds, but identifying them can sometimes feel overwhelming.  What key field [...]

Member Webinar September 16: Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep with Roger Pasquier

Member Webinar September 16: Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep with Roger Pasquier Everybody enjoys watching birds during the daytime, but what do they do at night, when they seem to [...]

Member Webinar August 13: The Art and Craft of Shorebird Identification with Lisa Schibley

Member Webinar August 13: The Art and Craft of Shorebird Identification with Lisa Schibley Shorebirds are among the most fascinating and diverse groups of birds, but identifying them can sometimes feel overwhelming.  What key field [...]

Member Webinar September 16: Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep with Roger Pasquier

Member Webinar September 16: Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep with Roger Pasquier Everybody enjoys watching birds during the daytime, but what do they do at night, when they seem to [...]

Member Webinar August 13: The Art and Craft of Shorebird Identification with Lisa Schibley

Member Webinar August 13: The Art and Craft of Shorebird Identification with Lisa Schibley Shorebirds are among the most fascinating and diverse groups of birds, but identifying them can sometimes feel overwhelming.  What key field [...]

Member Webinar September 16: Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep with Roger Pasquier

Member Webinar September 16: Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep with Roger Pasquier Everybody enjoys watching birds during the daytime, but what do they do at night, when they seem to [...]

News Categories

Upcoming Field Trips

Fruitlands Museum, Harvard

Harvard - Fruitlands Museum 102 Prospect Hill Rd., Harvard, MA, United States

All the nesting birds will still be around, with good views of young out of the nest being fed by parents: Veery, Indigo Bunting, Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Bobolink, Wood Thrush, Baltimore Oriole, and Warblers. Expect to walk about 2 miles on trails through meadow and woods with some steep sections. Heavy rain cancels [...]

Birch Hill WMA

Royalston - Birch Hill WMA Royalston, MA, United States

Includes three to five miles of walking relatively flat terrain. Might include some bushwacking. Driving on hard packed dirt roads. Co-sponsored with the Athol Bird & Nature Club.

Southwick WMA

Southwick WMA - Suffield WMA entrance Point Grove Road, Suffield, CT, United States

We will hike the fields focusing on grassland breeders, particularly Eastern Meadowlark and Grasshopper Sparrow.

Millennium Park

Boston - Millennium Park Canoe Launch 300 Gardner Street, Boston, MA, United States

Join the Brookline Bird Club in collaboration with Boston Nature Center to look for birds in a unique urban habitat that often draws numerous uncommon and rare birds.Target birds include bobolinks, egrets, flycatchers, grosbeaks, herons, owls, rails, ravens, sandpipers, swallows & swifts, vultures, warblers, and woodpeckers. Birders of all levels will enjoy this trip. The [...]

Pine Hill Road Grassland

Lancaster - Pine Hill Road Grasslands Pine Hill Road, Lancaster, MA, United States

We will hike a sandy/gravelly field area for grassland breeding sparrows and warblers including Grasshopper Sparrow, and wait until sunset for whip-poor-wills.

Go to Top