Dallas Plantation, ME, Franklin, Maine, US
Jun 17, 2017
Protocol: Historical
Comments: BBC trip, Eddie G leader, Eddie G
10 species
Common Loon 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Merlin 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 1
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37926667
Kennebunk Plains, York, Maine, US
Jun 17, 2017 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC trip, Eddie G leader, Eddie G
23 species
Upland Sandpiper 4
Mourning Dove 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 1
Brown Thrasher 4
Ovenbird 1
Prairie Warbler 5
Grasshopper Sparrow 4
Field Sparrow 8
Vesper Sparrow 5
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 6
Eastern Towhee 4
Scarlet Tanager 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Bobolink 1
Eastern Meadowlark 7
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37926670
Belgrade, Maine, Messalonskee Lake, Kennebec, Maine, US
Jun 17, 2017 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.1 mile(s)
Comments: BBC trip, Eddie G leader, Eddie G
32 species
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 1 w/6 young
Wild Turkey 1
Common Loon 4
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Great Blue Heron 2
Osprey 2
Ring-billed Gull 2
Black Tern 30
Belted Kingfisher 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Purple Martin 12
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 5
Tufted Titmouse 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 2
American Goldfinch 1
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37926672
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Updated April 26,2020: The BBC is sorry to announce that National Audubon has cancelled all 2020 summer camps at Hog Island in Maine, so that our two Young Birder Scholarship recipients, May Adams and
Help Us Archive Old Trips!
The Brookline Bird Club has almost 80 years of field trip reports that we’d like to add to eBird. As one of the oldest bird clubs in the United States, our archive of field
A Look Back to 1918
The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,
Proposed rules change for the Duck Stamp and Duck Stamp Art Contest
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now proposing a permanent rule change to the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Contest (known as the Duck Stamp) that would make the theme “Celebrating Our Waterfowl
BBC 2020 Winter Meeting: Scott Weidensaul
Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent’s Natural Soul In 1955, naturalists Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher published their bestselling book Wild America, chronicling a now-legendary 30,000-mile trip across
Fundraising Effort to Memorialize Ida (update)
Ida at Plum Island, undated. The Board of Directors is pleased to announce 73 donations were received totaling $5,615 which far exceeded the goal set. 100% of the funds will go to
Update on Young Birder Scholarships
Updated April 26,2020: The BBC is sorry to announce that National Audubon has cancelled all 2020 summer camps at Hog Island in Maine, so that our two Young Birder Scholarship recipients, May Adams and
Help Us Archive Old Trips!
The Brookline Bird Club has almost 80 years of field trip reports that we’d like to add to eBird. As one of the oldest bird clubs in the United States, our archive of field
A Look Back to 1918
The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,
Proposed rules change for the Duck Stamp and Duck Stamp Art Contest
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now proposing a permanent rule change to the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Contest (known as the Duck Stamp) that would make the theme “Celebrating Our Waterfowl
BBC 2020 Winter Meeting: Scott Weidensaul
Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent’s Natural Soul In 1955, naturalists Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher published their bestselling book Wild America, chronicling a now-legendary 30,000-mile trip across
Fundraising Effort to Memorialize Ida (update)
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