Bartlett Pond, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Oct 19, 2025 7:22 AM – 7:52 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA- Leader Nick Paulson – 2 participants – leg 1.
16 species
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 7
Green-winged Teal (American) 5
Ring-necked Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 4
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 6
Rusty Blackbird 4
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280413192
Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Oct 19, 2025 7:50 AM – 10:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.8 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA- Leader Nick Paulson- 2 participants – leg 2 – lots of blackbird flocks flying around. Several bigger groups of sparrows.
41 species
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 14
Mourning Dove 4
Pectoral Sandpiper 6
Ring-billed Gull 2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Blue Jay 25
American Crow 35
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 4
Carolina Wren 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 6
Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus) 1
American Robin 30
American Pipit 2
House Finch 12
American Goldfinch 4
Chipping Sparrow 10
Field Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 8
White-throated Sparrow 75
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 12
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 15
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 30
Eastern Towhee 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 800
Rusty Blackbird 7
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 1200
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 25
Northern Cardinal 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280413188
Wayne MacCallum Wildlife Management Area, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Oct 19, 2025 10:50 AM – 12:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson- 5 participants – leg 3. Warm and quiet, but pleasant walk.
25 species
Mallard 6
Mourning Dove 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 2
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Eastern Bluebird 7
American Robin 4
House Finch 1
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 6
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 25
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 200
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280413184
Taiwan: Gateway to Asian Birding, March 31, 2022, 7-8:15 PM
Did you know that Taiwan ranks 7th in eBird checklist submissions among all countries on the planet? Birder and photographer Jared Keyes will share his experiences and stunning photos from this amazing mountainous island [...]
Can you say “Peent!”?
On Saturday March 26, BBC hosted a woodcock walk for kids. In spite of the damp weather, twenty excited children and parents joined trip leaders Kathy Dia and Naeem Yusuff at Belmont's Rock Meadow for [...]
BBC offers two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to National Audubon’s Hog Island camp
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2022 scholarships will cover the [...]
BBC Donates to Kestrel Educational Adventures
The BBC is proud to announce a donation of $400 to Kestrel Educational Adventures to pay for field guides and orienteering compasses for elementary school students in a program sponsored by the town of [...]
BBC makes a conservation donation in honor of Mark Blazis to the Auburn Birdbanding Research Station
The BBC, through our Conservation and Education Committee, has made a conservation donation in honor of Mark Blazis to the Auburn Birdbanding Research Station, which Mark directed until he passed away in November 2021. A [...]
Common-sense Guidelines for Field Trip Attendees and Leaders
To BBC Members, Trip Leaders and the Birding Community: As with many of you, we note with concern the rapidly increasing number of COVID infections in Massachusetts and throughout the country. Unlike last winter [...]
Taiwan: Gateway to Asian Birding, March 31, 2022, 7-8:15 PM
Did you know that Taiwan ranks 7th in eBird checklist submissions among all countries on the planet? Birder and photographer Jared Keyes will share his experiences and stunning photos from this amazing mountainous island [...]
Can you say “Peent!”?
On Saturday March 26, BBC hosted a woodcock walk for kids. In spite of the damp weather, twenty excited children and parents joined trip leaders Kathy Dia and Naeem Yusuff at Belmont's Rock Meadow for [...]
BBC offers two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to National Audubon’s Hog Island camp
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2022 scholarships will cover the [...]
BBC Donates to Kestrel Educational Adventures
The BBC is proud to announce a donation of $400 to Kestrel Educational Adventures to pay for field guides and orienteering compasses for elementary school students in a program sponsored by the town of [...]
BBC makes a conservation donation in honor of Mark Blazis to the Auburn Birdbanding Research Station
The BBC, through our Conservation and Education Committee, has made a conservation donation in honor of Mark Blazis to the Auburn Birdbanding Research Station, which Mark directed until he passed away in November 2021. A [...]
Common-sense Guidelines for Field Trip Attendees and Leaders
To BBC Members, Trip Leaders and the Birding Community: As with many of you, we note with concern the rapidly increasing number of COVID infections in Massachusetts and throughout the country. Unlike last winter [...]
Taiwan: Gateway to Asian Birding, March 31, 2022, 7-8:15 PM
Did you know that Taiwan ranks 7th in eBird checklist submissions among all countries on the planet? Birder and photographer Jared Keyes will share his experiences and stunning photos from this amazing mountainous island [...]
Can you say “Peent!”?
On Saturday March 26, BBC hosted a woodcock walk for kids. In spite of the damp weather, twenty excited children and parents joined trip leaders Kathy Dia and Naeem Yusuff at Belmont's Rock Meadow for [...]
BBC offers two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to National Audubon’s Hog Island camp
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2022 scholarships will cover the [...]
BBC Donates to Kestrel Educational Adventures
The BBC is proud to announce a donation of $400 to Kestrel Educational Adventures to pay for field guides and orienteering compasses for elementary school students in a program sponsored by the town of [...]
BBC makes a conservation donation in honor of Mark Blazis to the Auburn Birdbanding Research Station
The BBC, through our Conservation and Education Committee, has made a conservation donation in honor of Mark Blazis to the Auburn Birdbanding Research Station, which Mark directed until he passed away in November 2021. A [...]
Common-sense Guidelines for Field Trip Attendees and Leaders
To BBC Members, Trip Leaders and the Birding Community: As with many of you, we note with concern the rapidly increasing number of COVID infections in Massachusetts and throughout the country. Unlike last winter [...]
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Fresh Pond, Cambridge (rescheduled to Sept. 27)
Cambridge - Fresh Pond - TD Bank 235 Alewife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThis walk has been rescheduled to September 27 which will be the 113th anniversary of the first-ever Brookline Bird Club bird walk on September 27th 1913 which was also at Fresh Pond.
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Rock Meadow, Belmont
Belmont - Rock Meadow 300 Mill St, Belmont, MA, United StatesCome join us for a walk at scenic Rock Meadow and Beaver Brook North, home of open fields, wetlands, ample woods and edge habitat, and public gardens which attract a wide variety of migrating song birds. Hiking is relatively easy, and should be a bit under two miles total at most, if we venture further [...]
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Fresh Pond, Cambridge – 113th anniversary of the first-ever Brookline Bird Club bird walk
Cambridge - Fresh Pond - TD Bank 235 Alewife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge, MA, United StatesA two mile walk on (mostly) paved paths around the pond. In addition to the “usual suspects”, we are likely to see some of the fall warblers, plus possibly a few of the Weird Ducks that have started to arrive. New Members especially invited to this pleasant walk! This walk is taking place on the [...]
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Arlington Reservoir
Lexington - Arlington Reservoir 210 Lowell Street, Arlington, MA, United StatesIn the fall water levels are lowered creating good conditions for ducks and shorebirds. We will also visit the adjacent Lexington community farm. Birds are found feasting on the remains of the crops planted there. We will walk about a mile on wide paths and some uneven ground (possibly muddy). Note that the reservoir area [...]
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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation (Winthrop side)
Winthrop - Belle Isle March and Marine Ecology Park Banks Street, Winthrop, MA, United StatesJoin us to observe resident birds and fall migrants in a unique urban habitat that is a favorite for many bird species, including uncommon and rare birds. Birders of all levels will enjoy this walk. The trails are (generally) flat and easy to walk. A water bottle, water proof clothing including a hat, sunblock & [...]