Bartlett Pond, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Apr 4, 2026 7:00 AM – 7:22 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – leader Nick Paulson: starting location. Warm sunny start. 7 participants to start.
31 species
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 1
Wood Duck 7
Mallard 3
American Black Duck 4
Wild Turkey 1
Mourning Dove 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Osprey (American) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 8
Fish Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 5
Tree Swallow 8
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 5
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 3
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 4
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 25
Rusty Blackbird 10
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 20
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S318435500
Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Apr 4, 2026 7:30 AM – 10:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.75 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – leader Nick Paulson: 2nd location. Warm sunny start. 8 participants.
45 species
Canada Goose 40
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 6
Ring-necked Duck 5
Bufflehead 25
Common Merganser (North American) 6
Mourning Dove 5
Ring-billed Gull 40
American Herring Gull 1
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Turkey Vulture 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group) 2
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 7
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 8
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 9
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 20
Tree Swallow 12
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 8
Brown Creeper 7 Many singing and calling in woods behind swamp.
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 10
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 25
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 21
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 10
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 25
Swamp Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 70
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 50
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 3
Pine Warbler 8
Northern Cardinal 8
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S318435541
Northboro/Westboro Forbush Bird Club trip, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Apr 4, 2026 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – leader Nick Paulson: birds seen and heard driving from location to location. 7 participants.
26 species
Wild Turkey 1
Mourning Dove 4
Ring-billed Gull 40
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 8
House Sparrow 3
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 2
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 10
Pine Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S318435539
Wayne MacCallum Wildlife Management Area, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Apr 4, 2026 10:50 AM – 12:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – leader Nick Paulson: third location. Cooling and becoming cloudy and windy as we hiked. 5 participants.
32 species
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 3
Green-winged Teal (American) 1
Ring-necked Duck 7
Hooded Merganser 3
Mourning Dove 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 6
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 6
Tree Swallow 40
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 8
American Robin 20
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 8
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 6
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 20
Pine Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S318435537
VIRTUAL FALL MEETING
You are invited to join us for the BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB 2021 VIRTUAL FALL MEETING October 27, 2021 7:00 – 8:30 PM Register at Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1BQ6FWYRT8earn6zIPeNug Guest Speaker: ROSEMARY MOSCO Cartooning for Bird Conservation Join [...]
ANNUAL REPORT 2020
Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded [...]
ANNUAL REPORT 2019
Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled). [...]
Brookline Bird Club “Extreme Pelagic” Trip Report
This year marked the 20th anniversary of when Nick Samson and Eddie Giles organized the first Brookline Bird Club trip to the offshore shelf edge on a 24 hour Captain John "slowboat" marathon trip [...]
Ida Giriunas Memorial Garden
It's hard to believe that Ida Giriunas, well known Massachusetts birder and long-time director of the Brookline Bird Club (BBC), passed away two years ago on August 20. We wanted to update friends and [...]
2021-2022 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 [...]
VIRTUAL FALL MEETING
You are invited to join us for the BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB 2021 VIRTUAL FALL MEETING October 27, 2021 7:00 – 8:30 PM Register at Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1BQ6FWYRT8earn6zIPeNug Guest Speaker: ROSEMARY MOSCO Cartooning for Bird Conservation Join [...]
ANNUAL REPORT 2020
Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded [...]
ANNUAL REPORT 2019
Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled). [...]
Brookline Bird Club “Extreme Pelagic” Trip Report
This year marked the 20th anniversary of when Nick Samson and Eddie Giles organized the first Brookline Bird Club trip to the offshore shelf edge on a 24 hour Captain John "slowboat" marathon trip [...]
Ida Giriunas Memorial Garden
It's hard to believe that Ida Giriunas, well known Massachusetts birder and long-time director of the Brookline Bird Club (BBC), passed away two years ago on August 20. We wanted to update friends and [...]
2021-2022 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 [...]
VIRTUAL FALL MEETING
You are invited to join us for the BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB 2021 VIRTUAL FALL MEETING October 27, 2021 7:00 – 8:30 PM Register at Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1BQ6FWYRT8earn6zIPeNug Guest Speaker: ROSEMARY MOSCO Cartooning for Bird Conservation Join [...]
ANNUAL REPORT 2020
Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded [...]
ANNUAL REPORT 2019
Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled). [...]
Brookline Bird Club “Extreme Pelagic” Trip Report
This year marked the 20th anniversary of when Nick Samson and Eddie Giles organized the first Brookline Bird Club trip to the offshore shelf edge on a 24 hour Captain John "slowboat" marathon trip [...]
Ida Giriunas Memorial Garden
It's hard to believe that Ida Giriunas, well known Massachusetts birder and long-time director of the Brookline Bird Club (BBC), passed away two years ago on August 20. We wanted to update friends and [...]
2021-2022 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 [...]
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Cold Spring Park, Newton
Newton - Cold Spring Park 1200 Beacon St, Newton, MA, United StatesThis large multi-use city park offers an easy 1.4-mile loop through mixed forest, open green areas, and red maple swamplands, attracting a surprising array of resident and migratory birds. Porta Potties available.
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Birding Sketch Crawl – Fall Series
Leader's ChoiceCome and bird/sketch favorite patches around Essex and Middlesex Counties.
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Plum Island
Parker River NWR - Lot #1 Refuge Rd., Newbury, MA, MA, United StatesWe will be walking the North Pool dike as well as visiting other spots. Note that an entrance fee or pass is required. Restrooms available.
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Barretts Mill Farmland
Concord - Barretts Mill Farmland Barrett's Mill Road, Concord, MA, United StatesThis is often a great place for fall sparrows including Savannah, Field, and White-crowned, as well as Pipit and occasional Dickcissel. Loaner binoculars available; please email trip leader to reserve a pair! If the weather doens't look good, contact the leader to check status.
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Hellcat at Parker River NWR
Parker River NWR - Lot #4 Newbury, MA, United StatesDuring the past few years the refuge has opened the dike to hiking during National Wildlife Refuge Week. We will plan to do that hike if the dike is again open this year. Otherwise we hike the boardwalk and normal dike area.