Morris Island, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Aug 11, 2018 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, 9 participants
22 species
Mourning Dove 3
American Oystercatcher 4
Least Tern 3
Osprey (carolinensis) 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1 juv
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 5
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Common Grackle 10
American Redstart 1 female or immature
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48714741
South Beach, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Aug 11, 2018 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, 9 paticipants
37 species
American Oystercatcher 10
Black-bellied Plover 500
Semipalmated Plover 800
Piping Plover 22
Whimbrel (Hudsonian) 2
Ruddy Turnstone 35
Red Knot 400
Sanderling 550
Dunlin 3
Least Sandpiper 5
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2100
Short-billed Dowitcher 100
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet (Eastern) 8
Parasitic Jaeger 4
Laughing Gull 1000
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Least Tern 2
Black Tern 2 ad
Roseate Tern 1500
Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana) 3000
Forster’s Tern 1 ad, head changing to winter plumage, mostly whitish with black eye mask, paler back than Common
Common Loon 1
Cory’s Shearwater 10
Great Shearwater 50
Sooty Shearwater 25
Manx Shearwater 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2500
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey (carolinensis) 1
Horned Lark 3
Tree Swallow 120
Bank Swallow 2
Barn Swallow (American) 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715274
Forest Beach and Conservation Lands, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Aug 11, 2018 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, 9 participants
13 species
Whimbrel (Hudsonian) 6
Least Sandpiper 5
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Willet (Eastern) 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 3
Great Egret 10
Snowy Egret 20
Osprey (carolinensis) 6
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow (American) 2
Gray Catbird 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715270
———————————————————————————————————————
Pogorelc Sanctuary, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Aug 11, 2018 5:08 PM – 6:34 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, 7 participants High numbers of roosting birds in trees and bushes around the pond. View is accessed at the end of right trail at the split. As has been suggested by Peter Crosson, a quiet approach as to not disturb the roost.
23 species
Wood Duck 4
Great Blue Heron 0
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 2
Great Egret 50
Snowy Egret 30
Little Blue Heron 1 Continuing. Photos.
Black-crowned Night-Heron 30
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4 2 juv, 2 2nd yr
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 0
Osprey (carolinensis) 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 0
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 10
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 34
Cedar Waxwing 3
American Goldfinch 3
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 2
Common Grackle 5
Common Yellowthroat 0
Yellow Warbler 0
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715267
BBC Global Big Day Count – May 10
BBC Global Big Day Count On May 18, 1974 Bob Stymiest led the BBC trip with the all time largest species count for the club - 162 birds seen during 20 hours across Essex County. [...]
Camp Edwards Grassland Bird Tours
The Massachusetts Army National Guard’s Natural Resource Program is hosting grassland bird tours in May on Camp Edwards. This is an unusual opportunity for avid birders, naturalists and photographers to walk through the Camp Edwards [...]
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 [...]
April 25 Annual Members Meeting – All Welcome
April 25 Annual Members Meeting - All Welcome Please join us on April 25 for our Annual Members Meeting. The evening begins with a social hour at 6:30. The program starts at 7:00 with the [...]
BBC Global Big Day Count – May 10
BBC Global Big Day Count On May 18, 1974 Bob Stymiest led the BBC trip with the all time largest species count for the club - 162 birds seen during 20 hours across Essex County. [...]
Camp Edwards Grassland Bird Tours
The Massachusetts Army National Guard’s Natural Resource Program is hosting grassland bird tours in May on Camp Edwards. This is an unusual opportunity for avid birders, naturalists and photographers to walk through the Camp Edwards [...]
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 [...]
April 25 Annual Members Meeting – All Welcome
April 25 Annual Members Meeting - All Welcome Please join us on April 25 for our Annual Members Meeting. The evening begins with a social hour at 6:30. The program starts at 7:00 with the [...]
BBC Global Big Day Count – May 10
BBC Global Big Day Count On May 18, 1974 Bob Stymiest led the BBC trip with the all time largest species count for the club - 162 birds seen during 20 hours across Essex County. [...]
Camp Edwards Grassland Bird Tours
The Massachusetts Army National Guard’s Natural Resource Program is hosting grassland bird tours in May on Camp Edwards. This is an unusual opportunity for avid birders, naturalists and photographers to walk through the Camp Edwards [...]
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 [...]
April 25 Annual Members Meeting – All Welcome
April 25 Annual Members Meeting - All Welcome Please join us on April 25 for our Annual Members Meeting. The evening begins with a social hour at 6:30. The program starts at 7:00 with the [...]
News Categories
Upcoming Field Trips
Weston Station Pond Rookery
Discover a Weston hot-spot featuring a Great Blue Heron rookery accessible by public transportation. The walk offers excellent chances for spring migrants, raptors, nesting Eastern Bluebirds and various waterfowl. Beginners welcome. Leader will pre-walk the route to scout for arriving species each session.
Birding by Ear: Evening Chorus (note time change)
South Hamilton - John J. Donovan Reservation & Sagamore Hill Conservation Area 473 Sagamore St, South Hamilton, MA, United StatesA leisurely two-mile mile loop with a focus on listening to the evening songbird chorus. Recommended for those looking to learn more about birding by ear and migration. Open to beginners. Long pants and shirts recommended for mosquito protection. Bug spray too.
Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, Sharon
Sharon - Moose Hill 293 Moose Hill Pkwy, Sharon, MA, United StatesWe’ll be looking and listening for migrants along the Billings Loop. Let’s find what Glenn can hear! Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird Club.
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery 536 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesCharles River Esplanade
Boston - Charles River Esplanade MA, United StatesWe will walk along the Charles River Esplanade from the Longfellow Bridge upriver looking for birds on both land and water. We hope to see a range of spring migrants as well as year round residents and birds setting up their breeding territories. Co-sponsored with the Charles River Esplanade Association. Loaner binoculars available. Preregister on [...]