Alewife Brook Reservation, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
23-Mar-2023 19:00 – 19:46
Checklist Comments:    BBC woodcock trip.  Best one in years.  Warm weather, wind died down, not wet.  Party size is an estimate as we picked up a number of folks along the way.  It may have been larger than this.  Only down side to the evening was another group of people walking in/near the leks with flashlights on.
8 species
Canada Goose  7
Mallard  4
Killdeer  1
American Woodcock  5    # estimate likely on the low side
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1    flying silently eastward roughly following the Little River
American Robin  8
Song Sparrow  1
Common Grackle  15
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S131719716

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

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

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

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