Avian Flu: BBC webinar recording & resources On March 19th 2024, the Brookline Bird Club hosted a webinar on avian flu by presenter Dr. Wendy Puryear from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. Dr. Puryear studies how viruses are maintained, spread, and evolve in wild animals, and her current research focus is [...]
Calling all Brookline Bird Club members! Please join us for our Annual Members Meeting on Friday, April 19, 2024 from 7pm-9pm, with a social hour beginning at 6:30pm. This meeting will be hybrid: hosted at the Harvard University Geologic Hall (24 Oxford Street, Cambridge) as well as via Zoom for those unable to attend [...]
January 17, 2024 / 7:00PM-8:30PM Lawrence is well known for its winter crow roost, with thousands of birds pouring in from every direction. Join us at this webinar where Dana Duxbury-Fox and Bob Fox talk about their experiences in Lawrence and about their research into roosting crows. Register for the webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tqC42oFlTiK7WqK66KeUgA [...]
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2024 scholarships will cover the full cost ($1690) of the Coastal Maine Bird Studies for Teens program at National Audubon’s Hog Island camp on June [...]
Cost: $100 per person for BBC members/$120 per person for nonmembers (payment link will appear after you submit this form). **IMPORTANT: EACH PERSON IN YOUR PARTY MUST SUBMIT THIS REGISTRATION FORM SEPARATELY** ***If you registered for the 11/18 trip and asked us to carry over your registration please DO NOT fill out this form. Your [...]
Cost: $100 per person for BBC members/$120 per person for nonmembers **IMPORTANT: EACH PERSON IN YOUR PARTY MUST SUBMIT THIS REGISTRATION FORM SEPARATELY** When/where: Saturday, November 18, 2023 (rain date for bad weather Nov 19, 2023) pelagic trip on the Helen H leaves from Hyannis, Massachusetts at 7:00 a.m. We plan to return to [...]
The BBC Conservation and Education Committee is pleased to announce an extraordinary run of six Book Fund donations, totaling around $4000, to schools and educational programs from around and beyond Massachusetts. The Book Fund, supported entirely by member donations, was instituted to promote bird and nature study in K-12 schools and educational programs. In some [...]
The BBC is again selling the Federal Migratory Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp. We are doing this in support of the National Wildlife Refuge System and to support conservation of federal lands. Ninety-eight cents of every Stamp dollar goes to land acquisition from willing sellers through purchase or easements. The new Stamp is good [...]
Long time board member and past president of the Brookline Bird Club Tom Prince passed away May 28, 2023, after a period of declining health. A longtime birder and butterflier, Tom was a gentle giant, always kind, patient, and full of good humor. His positive attitude, upbeat demeanor, ready smile and laugh, and love [...]
Day 1, Friday June 2, 2023, after a long drive with very warm weather, everyone reached Gorham NH and began birding the 38-mile Gorham – Errol Road (Route 16). At Gorham’s MacDonalds many of the group met our birding leader, Charlie Nims. There were the boom piers in the Androscoggin River, the huge ski jump, [...]
