North Eastham brush dump, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 3, 2020 7:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Susan H, 5 participants
White-winged Scoter  14
Mourning Dove  125
Turkey Vulture  3
Red-tailed Hawk  6
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  7
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  20
Fish Crow  8
Black-capped Chickadee  13
Tufted Titmouse  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Carolina Wren  6
Gray Catbird  10
Northern Mockingbird  2
Eastern Bluebird  8
American Robin  15
Cedar Waxwing  5
House Finch  7
Purple Finch (Eastern)  6
Pine Siskin  8
American Goldfinch  35
Chipping Sparrow  20
Field Sparrow  3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
White-throated Sparrow  10
Song Sparrow  40
Swamp Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  8
Bobolink  2
Common Grackle  3
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  1
Northern Parula  2
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Palm Warbler (Western)  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  5
Northern Cardinal  9
Indigo Bunting  7
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S74433833
High Head, Pilgrim Heights, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  1
Marsh Wren  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Beech Forest, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Mallard  1
Least Sandpiper  5
Pectoral Sandpiper  3
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1
Solitary Sandpiper  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  3
Black-capped Chickadee  10
Tree Swallow  36
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  15
Gray Catbird  3
Cedar Waxwing  6
Pine Siskin  1
White-throated Sparrow  7
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  4
Rusty Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  40
Palm Warbler (Western)  4
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  30
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S74433828
Race Point Beach, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  75
Surf Scoter  4
White-winged Scoter  25
Black Scoter  15
Parasitic Jaeger  3
Bonaparte’s Gull  3
Laughing Gull  30
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Common Tern  200
Forster’s Tern  5
Sterna sp.  100
Cory’s Shearwater  2
Northern Gannet  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S74433414
Lieutenant Island Causeway, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 3, 2020 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  400
Greater Yellowlegs  5
Laughing Gull  5
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  13
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  1
Cape Cod Organic Farm, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
Wild Turkey  3
Mourning Dove  15
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
American Crow  75
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  10
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  X
Gray Catbird  2
Eastern Bluebird  4
American Robin  3
Cedar Waxwing  2
American Goldfinch  5
Chipping Sparrow  3
Field Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  5
Lincoln’s Sparrow  1
Bobolink  9
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  15
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Palm Warbler (Western)  5
Prairie Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  2
Indigo Bunting  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S74433350

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Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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