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

Refuge Road, Newbury, Massachusetts, US (42.789, -70.809), Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 3, 2025 6:31 AM – 12:31 PM

Protocol: Traveling

9.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club Birding By Bike Trip. We rode our bikes round-trip from Parking Lot #1 to Hellcat. Walked Hellcat Boardwalk.

Weather: Sunny, average 65°F, calm.

75 species

Canada Goose  9

Gadwall  2

Mallard  12

Wild Turkey  3

Mourning Dove  5

Clapper Rail  2    Continuing bird just south of Parking Lot #1.

Killdeer  2

Willet  25    Many seen and heard from Parking Lot #1 to Hellcat

Greater Yellowlegs  1

American Herring Gull  40

Double-crested Cormorant  11

Glossy Ibis  4

Snowy Egret  2

Great Egret  13

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  2

Northern Harrier  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  4

American Kestrel  1

Merlin  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  3

Blue-headed Vireo  6

Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  26

Fish Crow  4    Flew overhead at Parking Lot #1.

Common Raven  2    Flew overhead at Hellcat.

Black-capped Chickadee  8

Tree Swallow  30

Purple Martin  3

Barn Swallow  3

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  9

Northern House Wren  2

Marsh Wren  2

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  11

Brown Thrasher  5

Northern Mockingbird  4

Hermit Thrush  2

American Robin  14

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  7

American Goldfinch  15

Chipping Sparrow  4

Field Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco  1    Seen at S-curves.

White-crowned Sparrow  1    Seen at Wardens.

White-throated Sparrow  12

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  6

Swamp Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  11

Baltimore Oriole  6

Red-winged Blackbird  36

Brown-headed Cowbird  6

Common Grackle  42

Ovenbird  7

Black-and-white Warbler  21

Nashville Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  13

American Redstart  7

Cape May Warbler  1    Seen at Hellcat.

Northern Parula  10

Magnolia Warbler  9

Bay-breasted Warbler  2    Seen by many at Hellcat.

Yellow Warbler  28    Heard singing from Parking Lot #1 to Hellcat.

Chestnut-sided Warbler  3    Seen at S-curves and Hellcat.

Black-throated Blue Warbler  15

Yellow-rumped Warbler  13

Prairie Warbler  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  12

Scarlet Tanager  2    Seen south of Parking Lot #1 and at Hellcat Boardwalk.

Northern Cardinal  18

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S233014479

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

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