Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Wompatuck SP (Plymouth Co.), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2026 5:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

5.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants

39 species

Canada Goose  11

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  2

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  6

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Phoebe  5

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  5

Fish Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  19

Tufted Titmouse  13

Tree Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  8

Red-breasted Nuthatch  4

Brown Creeper  6

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

Winter Wren  1

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  5

House Finch  2

Purple Finch (Eastern)  1

American Goldfinch  14

Chipping Sparrow  16

White-throated Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  8

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  7

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  10

Northern Waterthrush  2

Black-and-white Warbler  3

Pine Warbler  9

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  6

Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332127152

Foothills Preserve, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2026 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants

33 species

Canada Goose  1

Mallard  1

King Rail  1    large, rusty colored rail, back feather black center with pale tan/buff fringing

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Little Blue Heron  1    Bird had two noticeable plumes off back of head/top of neck, bill did not show noticeable two tone color (blackish tip), the chin was white with a little on the top of neck, head showed no purple or blue with reddish tone, legs and feet not seen.  Current ebird images do not show the individual seen-there are two showing this color plumage per reports.  Online images do not show LB w/plumes or white chin.

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey (American)  2

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  2

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  15

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3

Barn Swallow (American)  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  1

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  1

Field Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  15

Common Grackle  5

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332127167

Plymouth Airport, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2026 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants

8 species

Mourning Dove  2

Killdeer  1

American Kestrel  4

American Crow  1

European Starling  X

Eastern Bluebird  5

House Sparrow  X

Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332127183

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,

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,

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,

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    Greylock and October Mountain trips may be swapped for best weather on the Greylock day. If wet weather predicted for the Berkshires, contact the leader in advance for potential change. This will be an exciting trip with the occasional surprise. Mourning Warbler has always been a specialty of this trip. Enjoy the warblers and other

  • October Mountain

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  • Breeding Bird Survey, Plymouth Airport

    Limited participation. 5:00 – 8:00 a.m. We will be allowed to survey the entire airport grounds before the airport opens to flights to confirm as many breeding species we can. This special habitat has Upland Sandpiper, American Kestrels, Eastern Meadowlarks, and Grasshopper Sparrows, all species of special concern. Also includes pine barrens specialists like Prairie

  • New Member Walk at Fresh Pond, Cambridge

    This walk is intended for new members! Get to know your fellow club members. Bring a friend if you like. An easy 2-mile walk through pondside meadows and forest paths at Fresh Pond. We'll see summer residents including breeding birds. We will meet in the parking lot of the TD Bank at Fresh Pond Circle,

  • Fruitlands Museum, Harvard

    Cosponsored with Boxborough Birders. We will look for resident species including Indigo Bunting, Savannah Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, Veery, Blue-headed Vireo, Wild Turkey, American Kestrel, and a variety of warblers. Expect to walk about two miles on trails through meadows and woods, with some steep sections. Prepare for ticks. We will bird at the

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