Quabbin Reservoir–Gate 10, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jul 6, 2024 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 2 participants, rain shortened this section of walk, went to South Quabbin instead
17 species
Wild Turkey 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Veery 3
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Pine Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615708
Quabbin, south, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jul 6, 2024 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.2 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 2 participants
35 species
Wild Turkey 3 w/19 young
Mourning Dove 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 7
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 5
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 7
Red-eyed Vireo 26
Blue Jay 4
Black-capped Chickadee 3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 5
Gray Catbird 5
Veery 5
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 12
Cedar Waxwing 5
American Goldfinch 6
Chipping Sparrow 11
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 7
Baltimore Oriole 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Ovenbird 4
Black-and-white Warbler 9
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 7
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Indigo Bunting 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615719
Lake Wallace, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jul 6, 2024 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 2 participants
18 species
Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 3 plus 5 young
Mourning Dove 3
Green Heron 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 1
Common Raven 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
European Starling X
Gray Catbird 4
American Robin 2
House Finch 1
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 10
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615720
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2024 Annual Report
The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine. This total was based upon 262
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US Fish & Wildlife Service Major Staff Cuts
According to the National Wildlife Refuge Association, “The intentional dismantling of science and conservation is happening now. Hundreds of dedicated U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services employees—many of them biologists—have been fired, gutting an
2024 Annual Report
The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine. This total was based upon 262
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2025 BBC Teen Birder Scholarship Awards
2025 BBC Teen Birder Scholarship Awards The BBC Conservation and Education Committee is pleased to announce our two annual Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Sydney Beard of Cambridge and Jonas Johnson of Canaan, CT.
US Fish & Wildlife Service Major Staff Cuts
According to the National Wildlife Refuge Association, “The intentional dismantling of science and conservation is happening now. Hundreds of dedicated U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services employees—many of them biologists—have been fired, gutting an
2024 Annual Report
The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine. This total was based upon 262
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Bring Back Bobolinks: Norfolk Airport (New!)
Adding to our Bobolink conservation series. Observe and appreciate Bobolinks in breeding habitat! Bobolinks are nesting throughout the airport. We will walk the runways less than 2 miles walking total. This area is all grasslands, around 400 acres.
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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation – Winthrop Side
Joint with Mass Audubon BNC. Join us to observe resident birds and spring migrants in a unique urban habitat that is a favorite for many bird species, including uncommon and rare flycatchers, swallows & warblers. Birders of all levels will enjoy this walk. The trails are generally flat and easy to walk. A water bottle,
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Bring Back Bobolinks: Bobolink Walk at Appleton Farms Ipswich with the Grasslands Survey Team (New!)
New addition to our Bring Back Bobolinks conservation series. Rani date July 2 - check with leader in case of rain. Join new BBC members and Trustees Grassland Birds Monitoring Project volunteers Andy and Tina Haubert on their regular survey at this well known location for breeding and nesting Bobolinks. We’ll observe field marks, song,
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Quabbin Reservoir
Join Glenn on a 5-to-6-mile walk through a very birdy area with species ranging from Broad-winged Hawk to Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Blue-headed Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, and lots of stuff in between. (Maybe a moose or a bobcat!) Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird Club.
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Bring Back Boblinks: Bobolinks at Heard Farm, Wayland (New!)
New addition to our Bring Back Bobolinks conservation series. This gem works its way into the rotations of many birders once discovered. It is managed for dog walking (no dogs on this walk please) and bobolinks, which in a good year can number 100 or more. We will be using dirt trails and boardwalks. Trails