Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury US-MA 42.76548, -70.80460, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 9, 2026 5:45 AM – 1:35 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.403 mile(s)
91 species
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 9
Mallard 18
American Black Duck 5
Green-winged Teal 4
Common Eider 5
Bufflehead 6
Wild Turkey 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 2
Clapper Rail 1 Continuing
Black-bellied Plover 1
Killdeer 7
Semipalmated Plover 4
Wilson’s Phalarope 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Willet 12
Greater Yellowlegs 17
Sanderling 7
White-rumped Sandpiper 1 In salt pans
Least Sandpiper 28
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
American Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 1 Continuing M10
Snowy Egret 3
Green Heron 1
Great Egret 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Eastern Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 200
Purple Martin 5
Barn Swallow 14
Northern House Wren 1
Marsh Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 5
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Wood Thrush 1 H
American Robin 1
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 4
Purple Finch 2 H
American Goldfinch 4
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 6
Bobolink 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 4
Ovenbird 1 H
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Northern Yellow Warbler 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337297954
Cashman Park, Newburyport US-MA 42.81707, -70.87806, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 9, 2026 1:55 PM – 2:06 PM
Protocol: Stationary
4 species
Ring-billed Gull 8
American Herring Gull 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Osprey 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337297967
Wet Meadows, Newbury US-MA (42.7885,-70.9093), Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 9, 2026 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: BBC Big Day last stop
5 species
Canada Goose 2
Glossy Ibis 40
White-faced Ibis 1 Continuing with large flock of glossy ibis, Differentiated by lighter, more reddish brown coloration and facial differences.
Turkey Vulture 3
Red-winged Blackbird 9
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337297983
Applications Available for Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2025 scholarships will cover the full [...]
2024 Year in Review!
Photo credit: Manomet Photo credit Jennifer Thornton Thanks to our inspired volunteer Board, committee members, and field trip leaders, the Brookline Bird Club enjoyed impressive successes during 2024. Our volunteer trip leaders and enthusiastic participants [...]
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, [...]
Renew membership now!
Calling all BBC members - annual memberships expire December 31st 2024. Renew today for the 2025 calendar year to continue uninterrupted access to member benefits including our blue book mailings, member webinars, and more! Membership [...]
Applications Available for Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2025 scholarships will cover the full [...]
2024 Year in Review!
Photo credit: Manomet Photo credit Jennifer Thornton Thanks to our inspired volunteer Board, committee members, and field trip leaders, the Brookline Bird Club enjoyed impressive successes during 2024. Our volunteer trip leaders and enthusiastic participants [...]
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, [...]
Renew membership now!
Calling all BBC members - annual memberships expire December 31st 2024. Renew today for the 2025 calendar year to continue uninterrupted access to member benefits including our blue book mailings, member webinars, and more! Membership [...]
Applications Available for Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2025 scholarships will cover the full [...]
2024 Year in Review!
Photo credit: Manomet Photo credit Jennifer Thornton Thanks to our inspired volunteer Board, committee members, and field trip leaders, the Brookline Bird Club enjoyed impressive successes during 2024. Our volunteer trip leaders and enthusiastic participants [...]
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, [...]
Renew membership now!
Calling all BBC members - annual memberships expire December 31st 2024. Renew today for the 2025 calendar year to continue uninterrupted access to member benefits including our blue book mailings, member webinars, and more! Membership [...]
News Categories
Upcoming Field Trips
Field Trips / Events
-
-
Westboro Wildlife Management Area
Westborough - Ball Field Hospital Rd, Westborough, MA, United StatesWe will hike the north side of Big Chauncy Pond in search of migrant warblers.
-
Webinar: Introduction to Nocturnal Flight Call (NFC) Recording
Most birders experience migration through the birds that arrive, depart, or pass overhead by day -- but throughout the night, another migration is unfolding largely out of sight. This presentation will introduce nocturnal flight calls and the recordists who use them to experience and study that hidden movement. We will draw on examples from the [...]
-
Fall migrants at Roslindale Wetlands Urban Park
Roslindale Wetlands Urban Park 23 Coniston Rd, Roslindale, MA, United StatesA small but mighty urban wild that offers a variety of habitat. Expect to see a variety of woodpeckers, resident birds, warblers, and other migratory species, as well as a surprise or two. The path is flat with a mix of gravel and dirt surfaces with newly added boardwalks on the wetter sections. Boots are [...]
-
Fresh Pond, Cambridge (rescheduled to Sept. 27)
Cambridge - Fresh Pond - TD Bank 235 Alewife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThis walk has been rescheduled to September 27 which will be the 113th anniversary of the first-ever Brookline Bird Club bird walk on September 27th 1913 which was also at Fresh Pond.
-
Rock Meadow, Belmont
Belmont - Rock Meadow 300 Mill St, Belmont, MA, United StatesCome join us for a walk at scenic Rock Meadow and Beaver Brook North, home of open fields, wetlands, ample woods and edge habitat, and public gardens which attract a wide variety of migrating song birds. Hiking is relatively easy, and should be a bit under two miles total at most, if we venture further [...]