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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Westboro Wildlife Management Area
Westborough - Ball Field Hospital Rd, Westborough, MA, United StatesWe will hike the north side of Big Chauncy Pond in search of migrant warblers.
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Fall migrants at Roslindale Wetlands Urban Park
Roslindale Wetlands Urban Park 23 Coniston Rd, Roslindale, MA, United StatesA small but mighty urban wild that offers a variety of habitat. Expect to see a variety of woodpeckers, resident birds, warblers, and other migratory species, as well as a surprise or two. The path is flat with a mix of gravel and dirt surfaces with newly added boardwalks on the wetter sections. Boots are [...]
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Outer Cape Cod
Bourne - Commuter Lot, Scusset Beach Rd Canal Street, Bourne, MA, United StatesAll Day. This trip should record close to 100 species covering Canada Goose through House Sparrow, both of which might be missed. Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird Club.
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An Oasis for Birds at Belle Isle Marsh
East Boston - Belle Isle Parking Lot 1399 Bennington Street, Boston, MA, United StatesJoin DCR park staff for a relaxed, one-mile bird walk through flat, easy terrain at this Massachusetts State Reservation and birding hot spot. At Belle Isle and at additional nearby locations— We’ll search for raptors, native sparrows, finches, herons, and egrets. Participants are responsible for their own transportation between locations (by car or bike). Binoculars [...]
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Brook Farm Historic Site
Boston - Brook Farm Historic Site 670 Baker St, Boston, MA, United StatesJoin us to look for birds in a unique urban habitat that often draws numerous uncommon and rare birds. Target birds include bluebirds, bobolinks, egrets, flycatchers & kingbirds, grosbeaks, herons, kingfishers, owls, rails, ravens & crows, sandpipers, sparrows & juncos, swallows & swifts, vultures, warblers, and woodpeckers. Birders of all levels will enjoy this trip. [...]
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Fall migrants at Roslindale Wetlands Urban Park
Roslindale Wetlands Urban Park 23 Coniston Rd, Roslindale, MA, United StatesA small but mighty urban wild that offers a variety of habitat. Expect to see a variety of woodpeckers, resident birds, warblers, and other migratory species, as well as a surprise or two. The path is flat with a mix of gravel and dirt surfaces with newly added boardwalks on the wetter sections. Boots are [...]
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Member Only Webinar: Sparrow Identification!
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 [...]
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Fresh Pond, Cambridge (Rescheduled from Sunday 10/12 to Saturday 10/11)
Cambridge - Fresh Pond - TD Bank 235 Alewife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge, MA, United StatesA two mile walk on (mostly) paved paths around the pond. In addition to the “usual suspects”, we are likely to see some of the fall warblers, plus possibly a few of the Weird Ducks that have started to arrive.
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Members Sparrow Walk with Glenn (intended for recent viewers of Glenn’s Sparrow Webinar)
Belmont - Rock Meadow 300 Mill St, Belmont, MA, United StatesOn October 9 at 7PM Glenn d'Entremont will offer a members only sparrow identification webinar followed by a special members only sparrow ID field trip on the morning of October 11. The field trip is limited to 25 persons for practical reasons and to people who have also attended the webinar or a past webinar [...]
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October Big Day Kickoff at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord with TBD Optional Second Stop
Concord - Great Meadows Concord Unit, Entrance Rd, Concord, MA, United StatesWe will start our October Big Day at Great Meadows in Concord (Monsen Rd). Please join us as we try to see as many species as we can that day. At the refuge, we will walk about 3 miles on flat easy trails we will search for a variety of birds. Note that an entrance [...]
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We hope to see you out birding soon!
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