Brookline Bird Club

Members Only Webinar: The Art and Craft of Shorebird Identification
2025-08-13 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | MA
Shorebirds are among the most fascinating and diverse groups of birds, but identifying them can sometimes feel overwhelming. This session will provide practical tips and techniques to sharpen your shorebirding skills. We will also be scheduling a limited participation field trip focused on Shorebirds where you will practice the skills you learned during the webinar. Details will be available later in the summer.
Learn more and register from here: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/member-webinar-the-art-and-craft-of-shorebird-identification/

Member Only Webinar September 16: Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep
2025-09-16 19:00 - 20:30
Everybody enjoys watching birds during the daytime, but what do they do at night, when they seem to disappear? Birds need sleep as much as we do, and they have evolved unique sleep habits to match their intensely energetic lifestyle. Instead of long stretches of obliviousness, they sleep in short bouts of several seconds or a few minutes, waking up to look around for danger, and then going back to sleep. To increase their vigilance, birds can sleep, shutting off only half their brain and one eye at a time, leaving them able to respond instantly to any alarm. The social habits of sleeping birds are also distinctive. Most are solitary, some sleep in pairs or families, while others gain advantages of warmth, safety, and even social needs like finding a mate, by joining in flocks, not to mention guidance on where to get breakfast the next day.
Learn more and register for the webinar.

Member Only Webinar: Sparrow Identification!
2025-10-09 19:00 - 20:30
It 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. We are hoping to schedule an accompanying field trip.
Presenter Bio:
Glenn d’Entremont has been birding for a half century. He participates in breeding bird surveys, runs numerous BBC trips annually, coordinates Christmas Bird Counts, and keeps accurate records for data input into eBird. Past president of the BBC, Glenn is currently a BBC board member.
To register for the webinar first login to your member account.
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Member Webinar with Sophie Osborn – Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds
2026-01-27 19:00 - 20:30
Join us on Tuesday, January 27 for a webinar with Sophie Osborn – Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds. She will share her personal experiences reintroducing endangered Peregrine Falcons, Hawaiian Crows, and California Condors to the wild.
To register you must be a BBC member. Please log in to your member account and heard over to the Member Resources page under MEMBERS menu.
Not a member but want to listen in? Please join! You will get access to a range of member benefits and know you are supporting the local birding community.
