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Dunback Meadow, Lexington
Dunback Meadow – Clark Middle School entrance 17 Stedman Rd., Lexington, MAOur target birds will be late migrants including Mourning Warbler and flycatchers. Be prepared to walk three to five miles. Meet at the Clark Middle School parking lot.
Fenway Victory Gardens
Boston – Fenway Victory Gardens 11 Park Drive, Boston, MAPlease join us for a walk around Boston’s beautiful and historic Fenway Victory Gardens in search of late migratory and resident birds. Meet at the flagpole inside the garden (across…
Barre Falls Dam/Ware River Watershed IBA
Barre Falls Dam Parking Lot Coldbrook Rd., Barre, MAWe will bird the fields from the parking area to Route 62, hike Brigham Road over the Ware River |West Branch crossing, and return along the river via Tracy Lane…
Millis and Medfield Breeding Birds
Millis – Paddock Lane 218 Causeway St, Millis, MATrying 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.…
Great Meadows national Wildlife Refuge – Concord
Great Meadows – Concord Concord Unit, Entrance Rd, Concord, MARails and Least Bittern are our main targets. Note that entrance fee or pass is required. Duck stamps and entrance passes will be accepted.
Plymouth Airport for grassland sparrows – Pre-Registration Required
Plymouth Airport 246 S Meadow Rd, Plymouth, MAThis is a series of one to one and a half hour trips offered so COVID-related protocols limiting group size will allow people to enjoy the birds of Plymouth airport.…
Crane Beach, Ipswich
Crane Beach 331 Argilla Rd, Ipswich, MAThis two-mile walk in the sand is aimed at nesting Piping Plovers, Least Terns, and Bank Swallows, as well as evening singers such as Whip-poor-wills. Be prepared for mosquitoes at…
Acadia Birding Festival
Acadia National Park PO Box 177 , Bar Harbor, MEJune 2 - 5, 2022 Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island Bar Harbor, Maine Keynotes: Kyle Lima Tiffany Kersten Catherine Hamilton
Great Meadows NWR, Concord
Great Meadows – Concord Concord Unit, Entrance Rd, Concord, MAWe will walk easy trails looking for birds and butterflies. Beginners welcome. Note that entrance fee or pass is required. We’ll move on from there to Nine-Acre Corner with possible…
Rauscher Farm
Rauscher Farm, Clinton 29 Clamshell Rd., Clinton, MAExplore Rauscher Farm's beautiful property! Clamshell Pond, meadows, marsh, and forest attract migrants passing through and an abundance of our native breeding birds. Please wear footwear appropriate for hiking over…
Belle Isle and vicinity
Belle Isle 1399 Bennington Street, Boston, MALed by DCR staff. We will search on foot up to one mile, on flat, easy terrain for Saltmarsh Sparrow, shorebirds, terns and breeding marsh birds at this birding hotspot…
Mount Holyoke to the Quabbin
Skinner SP 99 Old Mountain Rd, Hadley, MAJoin us for a series of short hikes as we search for Cerulean Warbler, Acadian Flycatcher, and Alder Flycatcher. Time will also be taken to enjoy the flora and fauna…
Bird Walk in Franklin Park in Celebration of Black Birders Week
Boston – Franklin Park, Shattuck Picnic Grove Boston, MAJoin nature photographer Michael Bryant, a.k.a. Nature Man Mike, Jeannine Laing of Franklin Park Tennis Association, and other park friends in celebrating the third annual Black Birders Week with a bird walk…
CANCELLED – Allens Pond Mass Audubon Sanctuary, Dartmouth
Allen’s Pond – Beach lot 1284 Horseneck Rd, Westport, MAThis trip has been cancelled. We do not anticipate that it will be rescheduled.
Salem Woods
Salem Woods MAListen Carefully. An afternoon walk in the woods. With the trees full of leaves and thickets as dense as ever, we will focus on birding by ear. The distance and…
Myles Standish State Forest, Carver – Evening
Myles Standish Forest 181 Cranberry Rd, Carver, MAA serene way to end the day with Prairie Warblers and Hermit Thrushes reluctantly giving way to Eastern Whip-poor-wills and, perhaps, Northern Saw-whet Owls. Target endangered breeding species: Whip-poor-will.
Special Gallery Talk for BBC Members at the exhibit “Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord” at the Concord Museum
Concord Museum 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MATime: There will be two sessions at 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM on Saturday, June 11 – THIS IS THE 1PM SESSION Participation: Must be BBC member Registration: Advance registration required, each talk…
Special Gallery Talk for BBC Members at the exhibit “Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord” at the Concord Museum
Concord Museum 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MATime: There will be two sessions at 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM on Saturday, June 11 – THIS IS THE 2PM SESSION Participation: Must be BBC member Registration: Advance registration required, each…
Pine Hill Grasslands
Pine Hill Road Grasslands Pine Hill Road, Lancaster, MAWe will hike a sandy/gravelly field area for grassland breeding sparrows and warblers including Grasshopper Sparrow, and wait until sunset for whip-poor-wills.
Millis and Medfield Breeding Birds
Millis – Paddock Lane 218 Causeway St, Millis, MATrying 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.…
Norfolk Airport
Norfolk – Norfolk Airport MAThis former airfield now provides habitat for endangered grassland breeding birds. We hope to find both Grasshopper Sparrow and Eastern Meadowlark on territory in these fields. Bobolinks’ bold and unusual…
Martin Burns WMA, West Newbury
Martin Burns WMA – Orchard St Orchard St, Newbury, MAWe will walk on fairly level gravel roads for 3 miles looking for breeding birds including Field Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, and Prairie Warbler. Co-sponsored with the Menotomy Bird Club. No…
Plum Island
Parker River – lot #1 Refuge Rd., Newbury, MA, MAWe will explore various locations on the Refuge in search of breeding birds. Note that entrance fee or pass is required. Restrooms available.
Pine Hill Road Grassland
Pine Hill Road Grasslands Pine Hill Road, Lancaster, MAThis trip will focus on finding some of the unusual birds that nest at Pine Hill – Grasshopper Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow and Eastern Whip-poor-will. Easy walk over flat sandy roads.…
Mt. Greylock
Mount Greylock Visitors Center 30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough, MAThis will be an exciting trip with the occasional surprise. Mourning Warbler has always been a specialty of this trip. Enjoy the warblers and other neotropical migrants we observed during…
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
Fruitlands Museum 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, MACo-sponsored with Boxborough Birders. We will look for local avian residents and early arrivals. Expect to walk about two miles on trails through meadows and woods, with some steep sections.…
Belle Isle and vicinity
Belle Isle 1399 Bennington Street, Boston, MALed by DCR staff. We will search on foot up to one mile, on flat, easy terrain for raptors, shorebirds and resident wading marsh birds at this Birding Hotspot and…
October Mountain
October Mountain – Lenox 380 New Lenox Rd, Lenox, MAThis trip has more diversity than the prior day’s as we begin along the Housatonic River WMA and make our way over October Mountain. Multiple habitats make this trip more…
Halibut Point State Park, Rockport
Halibut Point State Park Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, MABeginners encouraged. A two-hour walk over easy to moderate trails in search of seasonal specialties. Boots advisable.
New Hampshire White Mountains and Pondicherry NWR
We will visit multiple habitats in search of birds with breeding ranges north of typical BBC trip locations. This trip starts with a tram ride up to the top of…
25th Annual Weekend Trip to the Rangeley Lakes Region
This trip will concentrate on Maine’s boreal specialties including Spruce Grouse, Black-backed Woodpecker, Olive-sided and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, Philadelphia Vireo, Gray Jay, Boreal Chickadee, and Bicknell’s Thrush and 20+ species of…
Ashby & Townsend
We’ll explore for nesting warblers, juncos, sapsuckers, and probably butterflies & dragonflies, possibly into early afternoon. Possible sites include Willard Brook State Forest, Townsend State Forest, and Mt. Watatic. Some…
Pine Hill Road Grassland
Pine Hill Road Grasslands Pine Hill Road, Lancaster, MAIn June, this wonderfully preserved grassland is alive with the songs of breeding Grasshopper and Vesper Sparrow, which are state listed as threatened species. Prairie Warbler, Indigo Bunting, and American…
Downeast Maine Puffin and Boreal Species Trip.
Join us on our annual trip to Machias area in Downeast Maine to see Atlantic Puffins, Razorbills, Common Murres, and Arctic Terns. We also tour beautiful coastlands and boreal forests…
Summer Solstice Saunter
Leader’s ChoiceCelebrate the beginning of the summer season by birding favorite patches, locally and beyond
Summer Solstice Walk
Leader’s ChoiceCelebrate the beginnimg of Summer by birding favorite patches, locally and beyond.
Quabbin Reservoir
Quabbin Reservoir – Gate 10 235 Daniel Shays Hwy, Pelham, MAJoin Glenn on a 5-to-6-mile walk through a very birdy area with species ranging from Broad-winged Hawk to Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Blue-headed Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, and lots…
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
All the nesting birds will still be around, with good views of young out of the nest being fed by parents: Veery, Indigo Bunting, Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Bobolink,…
Halibut Point State Park, Rockport
Beginners encouraged. A two-hour walk over easy to moderate trails in search of seasonal specialties. Chance of seeing nesting Green Herons. Boots advisable. Co-sponsored by DCR.
Plymouth Beach
Plymouth Beach 391 Ryder Way, Plymouth, MAWe will walk the beach for shorebirds and nesting terns. Shorebird migration should be in full motion. Terns should be feeding almost-fledged young. Co-sponsored with the SSBC and Friends of…
Wachusett Reservoir IBA
Wachusett Reservoir Rte 110-Chase Hill Rd 48 MA 110, Sterling, MAForbush Bird Club's annual census of the Wachusett Reservoir Important Bird Area focuses on breeding birds including the Common Loons. We will hike shady trails to the Wood Island overlook,…
Great Meadows NWR, Concord
We will walk easy trials looking for birds and butterflies. Shorebirds and early fall migrants are expected. Beginners welcome. Note that entrance fee or pass is required.
Great Meadows NWR, Concord
We will search for resident migrant birds and as well as shorebirds. Note that entrance fee or pass is required.
Hellcat, Parker River NWR
Shorebirds, Herons, & Swallows. Bring a chair, bug spray, and water. Trip runs until dark.
Great Meadows NWR, Concord
We will walk slowly looking for rails, shorebirds, wading birds, and migrating Common Nighthawks. Note that entrance fee or pass is required.
David T Brown Memorial Shorebird Walk, Squantum
Squantum – Mosswetusset Hummock Quincy, MAWe will review the shorebirds in the pans during high tide and walk through time to special spots in Squantum.
Halibut Point State Park, Rockport
Beginners encouraged. A two-hour walk over easy to moderate trails in search of seasonal specialties. Boots advisable. Co-sponsored by DCR.
Overnight Pelagic Trip from Hyannis MA to Hydrographer Canyon Area
Hyannis – Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MAOvernight pelagic trip to Hyrdrographer Canyon area. Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds. We expect to reach warm Gulf Stream…
Shore Birding around Boston
Stops may include Belle Isle Marsh, The Key, Revere Beach, and Winthrop. We will not be carpooling so participants must have their own cars.
Nighthawk Watch at Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge
Join us for a pleasant evening of watching nighthawk migration along the Nashua River valley. Bring a lawn chair or a camp stool. This trip is co-sponsored with the Friends…
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