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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MassWildlife’s Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program is responsible for the conservation and protection of wildlife species that are not considered game species and the natural communities that make up their habitats. The focus of
Annual Winter Meeting a Success!
BBC members enjoyed a wonderful member's night celebration! Ten folks shared some wonderful photographs and video from around the world with the audience. In addition, several members read poems or short shorts they had written.
NORTHEASTERN EXPANSION AT NAHANT
Many of you are familiar with Northeastern University’s proposed expansion at East Point Nahant. It involves the construction of a 60,000 sq.ft. three story building and a parking lot. This expansion is located
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Did you know that white ash, a bird‐friendly tree, has diamond patterns in its bark? Or, that 100‐200 organisms live inside leaves? More than 20 birders showed up Sunday morning for the Brookline Bird Club’s
MACHIAS SEAL ISLAND AND DOWNEAST MAINE TRIP REPORT
by Garry and Annie Kessler, Westborough, MA The BBC has run 4-day trips to Downeast Maine around July 4th for many years. The main attraction is an opportunity to land on Machias Seal Island for
2018-19 FEDERAL DUCK STAMPS ON SALE NOW!
The BBC is again selling the Federal Migratory Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp. We are doing this in support of the National Wildlife Refuge System and to support conservation of federal lands. Ninety-eight cents of
Support Rare and Endangered Species in Massachusetts!
MassWildlife’s Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program is responsible for the conservation and protection of wildlife species that are not considered game species and the natural communities that make up their habitats. The focus of
Annual Winter Meeting a Success!
BBC members enjoyed a wonderful member's night celebration! Ten folks shared some wonderful photographs and video from around the world with the audience. In addition, several members read poems or short shorts they had written.
NORTHEASTERN EXPANSION AT NAHANT
Many of you are familiar with Northeastern University’s proposed expansion at East Point Nahant. It involves the construction of a 60,000 sq.ft. three story building and a parking lot. This expansion is located
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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
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Bring Back Bobolinks: Codman Estate Farm (Was Drumlin Farm) (New!)
This walk was planned for Drumlin Farm but more Bobolinks can be seen at this nearby location so we've moved the walk to Codman Farms. Adding to our Bobolink conservation series. Join Ilija to observe and appreciate Bobolinks in breeding habitat! Bobolinks are migratory grassland birds found across Massachusetts. The Bobolink is listed as a
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Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
Cosponsored with Boxborough Birders. All the nesting birds will still be around, with good views of young out of the nest being fed by parents: Veery, Indigo Bunting, Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Bobolink, Wood Thrush, Baltimore Oriole, and Warblers. Expect to walk about 2 miles on trails through meadow and woods with some steep