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  • Mount Auburn Cemetery

    Mount Auburn Cemetery 536 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, United States

  • Dunback Meadow, Lexington – SEE TRAIL CONDITIONS NOTE

    Lexington - Dunback Meadow Clark Middle School 17 Stedman Rd., Lexington, MA, United States

    Our target birds will be late migrants including Mourning Warbler and flycatchers. Be prepared to walk three to five miles. Cosponsored with Menotomy Bird Club. As of midday on Friday 5/22 some trails were flooded and many were quite muddy.  The trip will go ahead with an abbreviated route.  Boots strongly recommended.  

  • Fenway Victor Gardens (CANCELED)

    Boston - Fenway Victory Gardens 11 Park Drive, Boston, MA, United States

    Sorry, this walk is canceled due to scheduling conflicts.

  • Mount Auburn Cemetery

    Mount Auburn Cemetery 536 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, United States

  • Erwin S. Wilder WMA

    Norton - Erwin S. Wilder WMA Todd Island Rd, Norton, MA, United States

    We will walk a 2 mile loop through fallow fields and some wooded areas. Trails are gravel, fairly level and usually dry. This is a great spring migration spot for warblers.

  • Plymouth Airport for grassland sparrows

    Plymouth Airport 246 S Meadow Rd, Plymouth, MA, United States

    With permission from the airport manager, we will be allowed to go inside the second fence line onto the airport, closed to the general public, in search of the grassland birds which nest at the airport. Note: This trip can be cancelled at any time, without notice, for homeland security reasons! Target endangered breeding species:

  • Millis and Medfield Breeding Birds

    Millis - Paddock Lane 218 Causeway St, Millis, MA, United States

    Trying for 50 species again this year, we’ll be walking about a mile and a half, mostly staying on pavement. Boots are not required. Ticks should not be a problem. We’ll be looking and listening for swamp breeders, including Green Heron, Brown Creeper, Northern Waterthrush, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. We may then stop at the Medfield

  • North Wachusett Reservoir

    Sterling - North Wachusett Reservoir - Gate 36 60 West Boylston Street, Sterling, MA, United States

    We will explore a new trip location for the state-list Grasshopper Sparrow. We will cover a few miles on foot while also enjoying other species that we may encounter along the way. If there is interest, we will also extend the search to a second site in Sterling. Target endangered breeding species: Grasshopper Sparrow.

  • Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord

    Concord - Great Meadows Concord Unit, Entrance Rd, Concord, MA, United States

    Rails and Least Bittern are our main targets. Note that entrance fee or pass is required. Duck stamps and entrance passes are accepted.

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We hope to see you out birding soon!

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