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
Volunteers Needed for Grassland Bird Monitoring
Isabel Bronson, a Land Stewardship Coordinator serving with the Trustees of Reservations, is seeking volunteers to participate in a grassland bird monitoring community science program at Chestnut Hill Farm, The Fruitlands, Old Town Hill,
Donation to Friends of Belle Isle Marsh
On behalf of the Brookline Bird Club, the BBC Conservation & Education Committee is pleased to announce a donation of $250 to support the conservation and education work of the Friends of Belle Isle Marsh,
BBC Extreme Pelagic August 27-28, 2022 – Trip Report
Date - 6:00 AM 8/27/22 (Saturday) to 5:00 PM 8/28/22 (Sunday) Weather - Variable. Saturday started out cloudy as we headed out over the Nantucket shoals to sunny as we hit the shelf edge. Winds
Piping Plover Donation
We are pleased to announce a BBC conservation donation of $250 to support the Piping Plover Ambassadors, a group of volunteers who, since 2017, have been dedicated to protecting the Piping Plovers nesting at
Update from Hog Island Scholarship Recipients
Our 2022 Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Jocelyn Pyne and Johnny Owens, report that they had wonderful experiences in June in the Coastal Maine Bird Study for Teens program
Buy a Duck Stamp to Support National Wildlife Refuges
As birders, we treasure our birding visits to national wildlife refuges locally and nationally. Of the 32 refuges in New England, 11 are in Massachusetts, including Parker River, Monomoy, Great Meadows, Oxbow, and Assabet
Volunteers Needed for Grassland Bird Monitoring
Isabel Bronson, a Land Stewardship Coordinator serving with the Trustees of Reservations, is seeking volunteers to participate in a grassland bird monitoring community science program at Chestnut Hill Farm, The Fruitlands, Old Town Hill,
Donation to Friends of Belle Isle Marsh
On behalf of the Brookline Bird Club, the BBC Conservation & Education Committee is pleased to announce a donation of $250 to support the conservation and education work of the Friends of Belle Isle Marsh,
BBC Extreme Pelagic August 27-28, 2022 – Trip Report
Date - 6:00 AM 8/27/22 (Saturday) to 5:00 PM 8/28/22 (Sunday) Weather - Variable. Saturday started out cloudy as we headed out over the Nantucket shoals to sunny as we hit the shelf edge. Winds
Piping Plover Donation
We are pleased to announce a BBC conservation donation of $250 to support the Piping Plover Ambassadors, a group of volunteers who, since 2017, have been dedicated to protecting the Piping Plovers nesting at
Update from Hog Island Scholarship Recipients
Our 2022 Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Jocelyn Pyne and Johnny Owens, report that they had wonderful experiences in June in the Coastal Maine Bird Study for Teens program
Buy a Duck Stamp to Support National Wildlife Refuges
As birders, we treasure our birding visits to national wildlife refuges locally and nationally. Of the 32 refuges in New England, 11 are in Massachusetts, including Parker River, Monomoy, Great Meadows, Oxbow, and Assabet
Volunteers Needed for Grassland Bird Monitoring
Isabel Bronson, a Land Stewardship Coordinator serving with the Trustees of Reservations, is seeking volunteers to participate in a grassland bird monitoring community science program at Chestnut Hill Farm, The Fruitlands, Old Town Hill,
Donation to Friends of Belle Isle Marsh
On behalf of the Brookline Bird Club, the BBC Conservation & Education Committee is pleased to announce a donation of $250 to support the conservation and education work of the Friends of Belle Isle Marsh,
BBC Extreme Pelagic August 27-28, 2022 – Trip Report
Date - 6:00 AM 8/27/22 (Saturday) to 5:00 PM 8/28/22 (Sunday) Weather - Variable. Saturday started out cloudy as we headed out over the Nantucket shoals to sunny as we hit the shelf edge. Winds
Piping Plover Donation
We are pleased to announce a BBC conservation donation of $250 to support the Piping Plover Ambassadors, a group of volunteers who, since 2017, have been dedicated to protecting the Piping Plovers nesting at
Update from Hog Island Scholarship Recipients
Our 2022 Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Jocelyn Pyne and Johnny Owens, report that they had wonderful experiences in June in the Coastal Maine Bird Study for Teens program
Buy a Duck Stamp to Support National Wildlife Refuges
As birders, we treasure our birding visits to national wildlife refuges locally and nationally. Of the 32 refuges in New England, 11 are in Massachusetts, including Parker River, Monomoy, Great Meadows, Oxbow, and Assabet
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Arlington Reservoir
We will search for spring migrants, waterfowl, shorebirds. Cosponsored with Menotomy Bird club.
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Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
Cosponsored with Boxborough Birders. We will look for resident species including Indigo Bunting, Savannah Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, Veery, Blue-headed Vireo, Wild Turkey, American Kestrel, and a variety of warblers. Expect to walk about two miles on trails through meadows and woods, with some steep sections. Prepare for ticks. We will bird at the
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Caratunk Wildlife Sanctuary
Just two miles from the Rhode Island border, Caratunk Wildlife Refuge in Seekonk, MA offers six miles of nature hiking trails through nearly 200 acres of fields, forests, streams and ponds. A Purple Martin colony can be observed nesting in the gourds in the main field. Trails are easy to moderate in difficulty. Expect 2.5