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Topsfield Fairgrounds, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 23, 2017 7:20 AM – 7:35 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     Led BBC walk.  Very quiet here to start.
4 species

Mallard  1
Killdeer  1
Tree Swallow  2
Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36664074

Crane Neck St., West Newbury, MA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 23, 2017 9:15 AM – 10:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.8 mile(s)
Comments:     Led BBC walk.
24 species

Canada Goose  2
Wood Duck  4
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  1     Fly by.  The GB heron rookery appears to be abandoned.
Mourning Dove  1
Great Horned Owl  2     As we were observing a juvenile in its nest, an adult flew in and landed just above it.
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
American Crow  1
Tree Swallow  7
Tufted Titmouse  1
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Pine Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Rusty Blackbird  1
Common Grackle  1
House Finch  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36664076

Pike’s Bridge Road, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 23, 2017 11:15 AM – 11:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Led BBC walk.  Very quiet here.
6 species

Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  2
American Goldfinch  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36664080

Scotland Road wet meadows, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 23, 2017 11:45 AM – 12:10 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     Led BBC walk.
12 species

Canada Goose  2
Mallard  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Killdeer  2
Wilson’s Snipe  2
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Blue Jay  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  2
Song Sparrow  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36664081

Topsfield Fairgrounds, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 23, 2017 12:40 PM – 12:50 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     Wrapping up from the BBC walk to pick up cars.
4 species

Turkey Vulture  4
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Barn Swallow  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36664083

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th [...]

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th [...]

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th [...]

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