Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, Cumberland, Maine, US
Jun 29, 2018 6:18 AM – 8:09 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.28 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline Bird Club trip. We met here to look for the little egret. It was absolute low tide at 6:50AM. We found the little egret with snowy egrets below Tidewater farm near the Route 9 bridge.
47 species
Mallard 3
Wild Turkey 6
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Little Egret 1 Continuing; photos
Snowy Egret 6
Osprey 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 18
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Yellow Warbler 4
Pine Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 10
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 15
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 35
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47314440
Deblois Blueberry Barrens, Washington, Maine, US
Jun 29, 2018 2:10 PM – 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Comments: Upon Darin Hammond’s (Wyman’s of Maine) recommendation, we drove to the north esker to look and were rewarded by finding birds there. We skipped the air strip area.
7 species
Northern Harrier 1
Upland Sandpiper 12 Tally
Cedar Waxwing 6
Common Yellowthroat 1
Vesper Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47314446
Messalonskee Lake–boat ramp, Kennebec, Maine, US
Jun 29, 2018 9:30 AM – 10:39 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.58 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline Bird Club trip. We were here looking for black terns and sandhill cranes. We struck out on the sandhill cranes despite a thorough scoping of nearly the entire marsh.
30 species
Canada Goose 6
Common Loon 6
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Northern Harrier 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Black Tern 18
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
American Crow 5
Purple Martin 8
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 20
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 30
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 6
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47314443
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG BIRDERS
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Young Birder Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2018 scholarships will cover the full cost
BBC SCHOOL BOOK FUND DONATION!
The most recent BBC school book fund donation went to Triton Regional High School, where environmental science teacher Tom Horsley uses donated books and wall posters to teach bird identification in his classes and to
BBC BOSTON PUBLIC GARDENS WALK – BOSTON GLOBE!
There is a nice photo from Linda Ferraresso's Saturday, May 12th walk at the Boston Public Gardens. It was on p.2 of the Metro section on the Boston Globe.
ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Brookline Bird Club 2017 Statistical and Year-End Report By Sabrina Hepburn, Club Statistician Beginning in 2016, the Brookline Bird Club made a significant shift in how we keep records and club trip reports. instead of
TIME TO RENEW YOUR BBC MEMBERSHIP!
It's time to renew your BBC membership for 2017! The Brookline Bird Club membership runs on a calendar year basis. By sending in your renewal now, you help us save printing and mailing costs for
BIRDING IN MT AUBURN CEMETERY!
Brookline Bird Club has shout out in Wicked Local Cambridge edition! Here is the link to a wonderful article found in the Wicked Local Cambridge edition at birding at Mt. Auburn. It
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG BIRDERS
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Young Birder Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2018 scholarships will cover the full cost
BBC SCHOOL BOOK FUND DONATION!
The most recent BBC school book fund donation went to Triton Regional High School, where environmental science teacher Tom Horsley uses donated books and wall posters to teach bird identification in his classes and to
BBC BOSTON PUBLIC GARDENS WALK – BOSTON GLOBE!
There is a nice photo from Linda Ferraresso's Saturday, May 12th walk at the Boston Public Gardens. It was on p.2 of the Metro section on the Boston Globe.
ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Brookline Bird Club 2017 Statistical and Year-End Report By Sabrina Hepburn, Club Statistician Beginning in 2016, the Brookline Bird Club made a significant shift in how we keep records and club trip reports. instead of
TIME TO RENEW YOUR BBC MEMBERSHIP!
It's time to renew your BBC membership for 2017! The Brookline Bird Club membership runs on a calendar year basis. By sending in your renewal now, you help us save printing and mailing costs for
BIRDING IN MT AUBURN CEMETERY!
Brookline Bird Club has shout out in Wicked Local Cambridge edition! Here is the link to a wonderful article found in the Wicked Local Cambridge edition at birding at Mt. Auburn. It
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG BIRDERS
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Young Birder Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2018 scholarships will cover the full cost
BBC SCHOOL BOOK FUND DONATION!
The most recent BBC school book fund donation went to Triton Regional High School, where environmental science teacher Tom Horsley uses donated books and wall posters to teach bird identification in his classes and to
BBC BOSTON PUBLIC GARDENS WALK – BOSTON GLOBE!
There is a nice photo from Linda Ferraresso's Saturday, May 12th walk at the Boston Public Gardens. It was on p.2 of the Metro section on the Boston Globe.
ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Brookline Bird Club 2017 Statistical and Year-End Report By Sabrina Hepburn, Club Statistician Beginning in 2016, the Brookline Bird Club made a significant shift in how we keep records and club trip reports. instead of
TIME TO RENEW YOUR BBC MEMBERSHIP!
It's time to renew your BBC membership for 2017! The Brookline Bird Club membership runs on a calendar year basis. By sending in your renewal now, you help us save printing and mailing costs for
BIRDING IN MT AUBURN CEMETERY!
Brookline Bird Club has shout out in Wicked Local Cambridge edition! Here is the link to a wonderful article found in the Wicked Local Cambridge edition at birding at Mt. Auburn. It
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