Brookline Bird Club

Member Webinar with Matthew Young: The Evening Grosbeak Road to Recovery Project and the Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada
2026-02-19 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Please join the BBC on the evening of February 19 from 7PM to 8:30PM for a member only webinar with Matthew Young from the Finch Research Network (FiRN). Matthew will talk about both The Evening Grosbeak Road to Recovery Project and The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada. (NOTE CORRECTED DATE.)
From backyards to wilderness peaks, finches are some of the most exciting, mysterious, and popular group of songbirds. In The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada Lillian Stokes, best-selling author of 35 Stokes guides, and finch expert Matthew Young introduce you to the 43 finches of the United States and Canada from feeder-favorite goldfinches to Red Crossbill tribes, to least known mountain-top Black Rosy-Finches to endangered Hawaiian honeycreepers.
The webinar will also focus on the Evening Grosbeak Road to Recovery Project. With a 92% decline since 1970, Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) was cited as the steepest declining landbird in the continental United States and Canada in the Partners in Flight 2016 Landbird Conservation Plan.
More Information:
https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/webinar-with-matthew-young-finch-research-network/
To Register:
To register you must be a BBC member. Please log in to your member account and heard over to the Member Resources page under the 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.

Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood – A Conversation with Author Adam Nicolson Live from Sussex with Science Journalist Cara Giaimo
2026-03-01 15:00
On Sunday March 1 at 3PM the Brookline Bird Club is joining with the Boston Birding Festival and Massachusetts Association of Bird Clubs to sponsor a conversation with writer Adam Nicolson, the author of Bird School: A Beginner in the Woods. This webinar is open to all.
To learn the birds, the writer Adam Nicolson built an elevated shed as his own personal school, a man-sized birdhouse he calls an “absorbatory,” not an observatory, sited where and English garden and one-time farm, birds and humans, pasts and presents, blur together at the wild wood edge.
This is the spongy “rough ground” of Adam Nicolson’s recent book, Bird School: A Beginner In the Wood. The author of acclaimed works on history, landscape, and great literature, Nicolson is also a preeminent naturalist. He is the recipient of the Somerset Maugham Award, the W. H. Heinemann Award, and the Ondaatje Prize. His books include The Life Between the Tides and Why Homer Matters.
In his bird school classroom, Nicolson approaches the task of learning the birds with whatever tools he has on hand—philosophy, environmental science, poetry, music, history and more. His inventiveness and delight in discovery contributes to this book’s charm. But he is also on a mission to be “in the world with as little conceptualization of it as the animals or maybe even the stones.”
“Every wood is a bird cosmopolis,” Nicolson writes from his classroom. “Every blink of life outside the birdhouse window is a planetary phenomenon.”
Running through Bird School is a worrying undercurrent of nature in crisis—declining species, vanishing habitat, ecological unraveling, a warming climate, and changing ground—and a insistence on engaging these challenges in new ways. Drawing on everything from biblical prophets and Mesopotamian farming practices, to Beethoven and the Merlin app, Nicolson invites readers to imagine a more porous, spongy fabric of being—one that includes birds and humans alike, not “shrink-wrapped” into tidy categories.
How to Register
This webinar is open to all.
To register please visit the Boston Birding Festival website and pick CLICK TO REGISTER:
https://www.bostonbirdingfestival.org/posts/bird-school-a-beginner-in-the-wood/
About the Author
Adam Nicolson, FSA, FSA Scot, FRSL (born 12 September 1957) is an English author who has written about history, landscape, great literature and the sea. He has worked as a journalist and in both radio and television. Between 2005 and 2009, in partnership with the National Trust, Nicolson led a project which transformed the land surrounding his house and garden at Sissinghurst into a productive mixed farm, growing meat, fruit, cereals and vegetables. He his son Tom were among the partners in a project to eradicate invasive predators from the Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. In March 2018, the islands were declared rat-free.
About the Interviewer
Cara Giaimo is a science journalist who loves writing about our fellow species. You can find her work in the New York Times, Atlas Obscura, WIRED, and elsewhere. Cara lives in Somerville, Massachusetts. Her most recent book is Leaving the Ocean Was a Mistake: Life Lessons from Sixty Sea Creatures.
About the Boston Birding Festival
The Boston Birding Festival In partnership with environmental, cultural, and community leaders and organizations, the Boston Birding Festival seeks to create transformative experiences of collective awe that strengthen public understanding and appreciation of the natural world and contribute to increased environmental justice, conservation, and sustainability. We do this through the lens of birding.

Members Webinar with Tiffany Kirsten - Birdie Big Year: Elevating Women Birders
2026-03-24 19:00 - 20:30
DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THIS WEBINAR HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM MARCH 10 TO MARCH 24. IF YOU PREVIOUSLY SIGNED UP, YOUR REGISTRATION AND ZOOM LINK WILL STILL WORK FOR THE MARCH 24 DATE.
Please join the BBC on the evening of March 24 from 7PM to 8:30PM for a member only webinar with Tiffany Kirsten, entitled Birdie Big Year: Elevating Women Birders.

Tiffany Kersten didn’t set out to do a Big Year, but after a series of unanticipated and serendipitous events, she suddenly found herself amidst one. As a sexual assault survivor, she spent 2021 traveling to all corners of the Lower 48 States, tallying birds and gifting personal safety alarms to women she met along the way. Her goal was to see 700 species, and to raise awareness of women’s safety in the outdoors. She ended up surpassing her goal and setting a new record, of 726 species. In her presentation, Tiffany will lead us through the fear, empowerment, struggles, and healing that all played vital roles in the personal growth she experienced on this wild adventure.
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.

Webinar - Tawny-Throated Dotterel Research in Peru
2026-04-19 19:00 - 20:30
Please join the BBC on April 19 for a webinar with Manomet Conservation Sciences staff and collaborators about Tawny-Throated Dotterel Research in Peru. The webinar is scheduled for 7PM. This webinar is open to all and will be presented through Zoom. You may register here (advance registration strongly suggested):

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VZBRPJT_Rl2zNso85ZLoMQ

Members Webinar - Wood-Warblers of New England
2026-04-28 19:00 - 20:30
Please join the BBC on the evening of April 28 from 7PM to 8:30PM for a members-only webinar with Bill Gette entitled Wood-Warblers of New England.
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 route to and from their northern breeding ranges.
During his richly illustrated PowerPoint presentation, Bill Gette will show you images of 30 wood-warbler species and review their taxonomy and nomenclature, discuss key aids to field identification, explain their feeding ecology and migration strategies, and review other interesting information. Bill will include migration charts for many species and discuss areas where you can find warblers. This webinar is a perennial favorite!
To register log into your member account and go to Member Resources.
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For more information contact info@brooklinebirdclub.org.

Webinar Open to All with Heather Packard, Mass Audubon - Rescue Wildlife from Rodenticides
2026-05-05 19:00 - 20:30
Please join the BBC on the evening of Tuesday, May 5 from 7PM to 8:30PM for a webinar with Heather Packard from the Massachusetts Audubon Society entitled Rescue Wildlife from Rodenticides. This webinar is open to all.
Raptors, coyotes, and other predators balance Massachusetts’ ecosystems. But shocking numbers of these iconic creatures have been sickened and killed after eating poisoned rodents. Mass Audubon’s Rescue Raptors program supports groups in communities across Massachusetts to reduce the use of these poisons, and wildlife advocates in many communities have been advocating to ban the use of these harmful poisons.
Join us to learn how rodent poisons harm wildlife and plans to reduce rodent poison use. Please register in advance for this webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. This event is sponsored by the Brookline Bird Club. Wildlife advocates from across the state are welcome!
This webinar will presented through Zoom. You may register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mHwhura2Sze0FKnT4iA8pg
For more information contact info@brooklinebirdclub.org.
