Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Norfolk Airport, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US
11-Jun-2023 07:00 – 09:45
Protocol: Traveling
2.7 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip.  Focused more on grassland birds than forest or other birds.  Didn’t find grasshopper sparrow.  Maybe should have spent more time around the spot we found it last year.  However the weather conditions allowed for sounds to travel quite well, so it seems like we would have heard it anyway.  In general, the trip leader likely missed a number of species and individuals.  Numbers are estimates.
40 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  7
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  2
Glossy Ibis  2    seen in flight, but lighting was good.  Faces didn’t seem too white.
Osprey  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  3
crow sp.  3
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  6
Tree Swallow  20    probably more than this
Barn Swallow  3
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  9
Gray Catbird  8    probably more than this
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
Eastern Bluebird  15    undercount?
American Robin  2
House Sparrow  8
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  12    including 2 families of 4
Savannah Sparrow  25    rough estimate.  lots of song
Song Sparrow  2
Bobolink  30    probably more females than males.  Many carrying food or fecal sacs.  Maybe 5 different colonies.
Baltimore Oriole  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Common Grackle  12
Ovenbird  2
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  1
Pine Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  9
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S141586419

ANNUAL REPORT 1991

THE 1991 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, StatisticianDuring 1991, the Brookline Bird Club listed 291 species on 154 recorded field trips. A total of 192 trips were scheduled: 76 all day, 94 morning, 17 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1990

THE 1990 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1990, the Brookline Bird Club listed 286 species on 161 recorded field trips. A total of 196 trips were scheduled: 75 all-day, 94 morning, 24 afternoon or evening, and 3 weekend trips. Five trips were cancelled due to bad weather and 30 trips went unreported.          ' The following write-ins to the Massachusetts Audubon Society (MAS) checklist were reported by the Club in 1990: Sandhill CraneNewburyportMay 27Clay-colored SparrowPlymouthJune 2Cerulean WarblerQuabbinJune 3Gull-billed TernPlum IslandJune 30Curlew SandpiperPlum IslandJuly 7Spotted RedshankWellfleetAugust 11Purple GallinuleFresh PondSeptember 26American AvocetNewburyportOctober 7MacGillivray's WarblerPeabodyOctober 13Le Conte's SparrowPeabodyOctober 13Lark BuntingPlum IslandOctober 28. The Spotted Redshank found at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary on August 11 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1989

THE 1989 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1989, the Brookline Bird Club listed 284 species, two ad­ditional races, and a Black Swan on 163 recorded field trips. A total of 188 trips were scheduled: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1988

THE 1988 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1988, the Brookline Bird Club scheduled 202 field trips: eighty-three all-day, ninety-one morning, and twenty-five afternoon or evening trips. In addition there were three BBC [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1987

THE 1987 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 1987, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species and one additional race on 198 recorded field trips. A total of 220 trips were scheduled; eleven [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1986

THE 1986 STATISTICAL REPORT by Mary Lou Barnett, Statistician During 1986 the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 birds including 21 write-ins. These unusual sightings included the following: Yellow-throated Warbler            Brewster           1-5 Hoary Redpoll                           Newburyport    3-15 Jackdaw                                    Nantucket         3-16 Eared Grebe                              North Scituate  3-22 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1991

THE 1991 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, StatisticianDuring 1991, the Brookline Bird Club listed 291 species on 154 recorded field trips. A total of 192 trips were scheduled: 76 all day, 94 morning, 17 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1990

THE 1990 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1990, the Brookline Bird Club listed 286 species on 161 recorded field trips. A total of 196 trips were scheduled: 75 all-day, 94 morning, 24 afternoon or evening, and 3 weekend trips. Five trips were cancelled due to bad weather and 30 trips went unreported.          ' The following write-ins to the Massachusetts Audubon Society (MAS) checklist were reported by the Club in 1990: Sandhill CraneNewburyportMay 27Clay-colored SparrowPlymouthJune 2Cerulean WarblerQuabbinJune 3Gull-billed TernPlum IslandJune 30Curlew SandpiperPlum IslandJuly 7Spotted RedshankWellfleetAugust 11Purple GallinuleFresh PondSeptember 26American AvocetNewburyportOctober 7MacGillivray's WarblerPeabodyOctober 13Le Conte's SparrowPeabodyOctober 13Lark BuntingPlum IslandOctober 28. The Spotted Redshank found at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary on August 11 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1989

THE 1989 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1989, the Brookline Bird Club listed 284 species, two ad­ditional races, and a Black Swan on 163 recorded field trips. A total of 188 trips were scheduled: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1988

THE 1988 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1988, the Brookline Bird Club scheduled 202 field trips: eighty-three all-day, ninety-one morning, and twenty-five afternoon or evening trips. In addition there were three BBC [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1987

THE 1987 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 1987, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species and one additional race on 198 recorded field trips. A total of 220 trips were scheduled; eleven [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1986

THE 1986 STATISTICAL REPORT by Mary Lou Barnett, Statistician During 1986 the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 birds including 21 write-ins. These unusual sightings included the following: Yellow-throated Warbler            Brewster           1-5 Hoary Redpoll                           Newburyport    3-15 Jackdaw                                    Nantucket         3-16 Eared Grebe                              North Scituate  3-22 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1991

THE 1991 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, StatisticianDuring 1991, the Brookline Bird Club listed 291 species on 154 recorded field trips. A total of 192 trips were scheduled: 76 all day, 94 morning, 17 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1990

THE 1990 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1990, the Brookline Bird Club listed 286 species on 161 recorded field trips. A total of 196 trips were scheduled: 75 all-day, 94 morning, 24 afternoon or evening, and 3 weekend trips. Five trips were cancelled due to bad weather and 30 trips went unreported.          ' The following write-ins to the Massachusetts Audubon Society (MAS) checklist were reported by the Club in 1990: Sandhill CraneNewburyportMay 27Clay-colored SparrowPlymouthJune 2Cerulean WarblerQuabbinJune 3Gull-billed TernPlum IslandJune 30Curlew SandpiperPlum IslandJuly 7Spotted RedshankWellfleetAugust 11Purple GallinuleFresh PondSeptember 26American AvocetNewburyportOctober 7MacGillivray's WarblerPeabodyOctober 13Le Conte's SparrowPeabodyOctober 13Lark BuntingPlum IslandOctober 28. The Spotted Redshank found at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary on August 11 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1989

THE 1989 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1989, the Brookline Bird Club listed 284 species, two ad­ditional races, and a Black Swan on 163 recorded field trips. A total of 188 trips were scheduled: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1988

THE 1988 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1988, the Brookline Bird Club scheduled 202 field trips: eighty-three all-day, ninety-one morning, and twenty-five afternoon or evening trips. In addition there were three BBC [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1987

THE 1987 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 1987, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species and one additional race on 198 recorded field trips. A total of 220 trips were scheduled; eleven [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1986

THE 1986 STATISTICAL REPORT by Mary Lou Barnett, Statistician During 1986 the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 birds including 21 write-ins. These unusual sightings included the following: Yellow-throated Warbler            Brewster           1-5 Hoary Redpoll                           Newburyport    3-15 Jackdaw                                    Nantucket         3-16 Eared Grebe                              North Scituate  3-22 [...]

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