Topsfield Fairgrounds, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 16, 2021 7:21 AM – 7:39 AM
Checklist Comments:    Sunny 34 degrees with winds West 7 mph
Brookline Bird Club walk led by Dave Williams
Canada Goose  310    Counted by one of the participants as we were all arriving
Mallard  13
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
European Starling  15
Putnamville Reservoir, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 16, 2021 7:52 AM – 8:23 AM
Bufflehead  75
Hooded Merganser  8
Common Merganser  12
Ruddy Duck  40
Ring-billed Gull  7
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Blue Jay  1
Carolina Wren  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97721901
Cherry Hill Reservoir, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 16, 2021 8:50 AM – 9:09 AM
Mallard  6
Green-winged Teal  14
Bufflehead  2
Common Merganser  2
Blue Jay  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  7
American Goldfinch  1
Northern Cardinal  1    Male
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97721902
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 16, 2021 9:28 AM – 12:29 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Mostly sunny 41-46 degrees with winds West 14 mph. Tide outgoing with high tide at 8:09am. Brookline Bird Club walk led by Dave Williams.
Stops at Lot 1 ocean, main pans, Wardens, North Pool Overlook, Stage Island Pool, Lot 7 ocean platform and a brief stop at Hellcat dike.
37 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  5
Mute Swan  3
Northern Shoveler  3    2 females and 1 male at Stage Island Pool
Gadwall  2    North Pool Overlook
American Wigeon  5    Main pans
Mallard  3
American Black Duck  65
Northern Pintail  37    Pans and Stage Island Pool
Green-winged Teal  250    Large flock in main pans
Common Eider  32
White-winged Scoter  9
Black Scoter  5
Long-tailed Duck  1    Lot 7
Bufflehead  10
Horned Grebe  3    Lot 1 and Lot 7
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  15
Black-bellied Plover  3    Lot 7
Dunlin  7    Lot 7
Greater Yellowlegs  1    Stage Island Pool shore
Razorbill  1    Lot 1
Herring Gull  27
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Red-throated Loon  13    Lot 1 and Lot 7
Common Loon  6    Lot 1 and Lot 7
Northern Gannet  6    Lot 1 and Lot 7
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  2
Northern Harrier  2
Cooper’s Hawk  1    Fly by at Lot 1
Bald Eagle  1    Immature
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Peregrine Falcon  2    One seen from Wardens and another at Emerson Rocks Lot 7
falcon sp.  1    Seen at same time as one Peregrine at Wardens but much smaller Falcon. Possibly a Merlin but too far to ID for certain
American Crow  300
European Starling  10
House Sparrow  2
Snow Bunting  44    About 40 at Lot 1, 3 at Wardens and 1 at Stage Island Pool
American Tree Sparrow  2    Wardens
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97721903

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

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