Unless otherwise stated, BBC field trips and webinars are open to all participants and are free to attend. Most field trips do not need preregistration though all webinars do. While you do not need to be a club member to attend, we hope you will join us. See the Field Trip FAQ for answers to general questions. Contact leaders for more details about specific trips.
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Webinar
Webinar: Avian Flu, from the global to local scene
Virtual via Zoom MA, United StatesLearn about Avian Flu and why it is devastating birds. What can birders do to help?Wild birds, especially waterfowl, seabirds, and shorebirds, have long been considered the natural reservoir for diverse forms of Influenza A virus (IAV), the majority of which cause little to no disease. High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 has recently entered [...]
BBC Annual Members Meeting (Hybrid: Live+Zoom)
Harvard University Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United States +1 morePlease join the Brookline Bird Club for our Hybrid (Live+Zoom) Annual Members Meeting on Friday April 19th, 2024 from 7pm-9pm, with a social hour beginning at 6:30pm. This hybrid meeting will be hosted at the Harvard University Geologic Hall (24 Oxford Street, Cambridge) as well as via Zoom for those unable to attend live. Note [...]
Webinar: Virtual Pelagic! with Naeem Yusuff
Virtual via Zoom MA, United StatesProgram Description: Join the Brookline Bird Club for a virtual pelagic trip! In this webinar we will cover all the best offshore locations in Massachusetts, including the opportunities for seeing pelagic birds on whale watches. There will be identification tips, and an overview of common birds that can be expected offshore, as well a couple [...]
Webinar: Sparrows!
Virtual via Zoom MA, United StatesIt is time for the southbound migration of sparrows! Join this webinar to learn field marks, shapes, and sounds of these fascinating birds of our fields and forests. We will cover most of the sparrows with records in Massachusetts. There will be an accompanying field trip for those interested (date is 10/13, rain date 10/14. [...]
Hybrid BBC Fall Meeting: The Resplendent Quetzal
Harvard University Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Brookline Bird Club invites you to our Hybrid (Live+Zoom) Fall Meeting on Friday October 25, 2024 from 7pm-9pm, with a social hour beginning at 6:30pm. This hybrid meeting will be hosted at the Harvard University Geologic Hall (24 Oxford Street, Cambridge) as well as via Zoom for those unable to attend live. Note that [...]
Penguin Adventures in the Falkland Islands (cosponsored with Watertown Free Public Library)
Watertown - Public Library 123 Main Street, Watertown, United StatesJoin wildlife photographer Shawn Carey for a photographic journey through the Falkland Islands for a close up look at several species of penguins and tips for planning your own travels! Co-sponsored with the Watertown Free Public Library. For this program we will explore two locations on Saunders Islands, The Neck, which has three nesting penguin [...]
Open to All Webinar: At Sea in the Humboldt Current – Ship Life, Pelagic Birds, and Deep Sea Creatures, with Scott Weiman
Embark on an evening of discovery as marine geochemist Scott Wieman recounts a recent month-long research expedition aboard the R/V Falkor(too) from Valparaíso to Puerto Montt, Chile. Scott’s talk blends his experiences birding the highly productive Humboldt current with the broader expedition’s exploration of numerous methane cold seeps and submarine canyons along the Chilean Margin. [...]
Open to All Webinar: The Corvid’s World, with John Marzluff
How have corvids mastered city life, learned human faces and learned to use tools? What settings and experiments help humans understand some parallels between human and crow cognition? Corvids—the ubiquitous crows, ravens, magpies, jays, nutcrackers, and relatives—are familiar backyard birds with extraordinary behaviors that enable them to thrive where most species cannot. John Marzluff will [...]
Annual Meeting & Lecture: South Asian Vultures: Crisis & Conservation – ALL ARE WELCOME
Harvard University Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesNot too long ago, the millions of vultures in South Asia were so common that no one had bothered to count them. Until the 1990s, when populations of three Gyps vultures collapsed by more than 97 per cent in a decade. It was the fastest avian decline ever recorded. Conservationists scrambled to find the cause [...]
Members Only Webinar: Wood Warblers with Bill Gette
Wood-warblers, the Gems of the Forest, are one of the most exciting groups of birds. Living in New England, we are blessed by the many warbler species that move into our area in the spring to nest. We also get to see the warblers that pass through our area in the spring and fall in [...]
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