Saturday, September 4
Waltham Street Fields – Photography
Join Eric Smith for a bird photography walk at the Waltham Street Fields. This walk will be short in distance, but long in instruction and photos. Bring your camera and your bins as we'll work the field. The light can be great there in the morning and its field edge habitat can offer a wonderful mix of migrant warblers and sparrows. Bring mud-capable footwear and a desire to get some good bird photos. The trip will start with a brief talk in the Clarke School parking lot off Brookside Ave. 7:00-8:30 AM Eric Smith.

Tuesday, September 7
Danehy Park, Cambridge
Join us for some weekday Urban Birding at Cambridge’s Danehy Park. A small marsh, grasses, and open fields often attract unexpected birds in this setting. Meet at the parking lot at 99 Sherman Street, Cambridge. Sherman Street meets Garden Street and Huron Avenue at the Fire Station intersection. Drive down through the lights at Walden Street and look for a parking lot on the left after the playing field. 7:30-9:00AM. Cancelled if raining. Karsten E. Hartel or 781-646-8949

Thursday, September 9
Great Meadows NWR, Evening.
We will slowly walk down and look for shorebirds and other things. Meeting place: Main entrance to the refuge (off Monsen Rd, Concord). Latecomers, start down, we won't be going far. Co-sponsored with Brookline Bird Club. 5:00 PM. Jason Forbes and Alan Bragg

Saturday, September 11
Dunback Meadow, Lexington
This trip will mark the beginning of migrants traveling back through Dunback Meadow. Meeting place: Allen Street entrance to Dunback Meadows in Lexington. There is parking along Allen Street. 8:00 AM Bobbie Hodson.

Sunday, September 12
Arlington Reservoir
One never knows what will show up at or around the Reservoir.  Maybe some shorebirds, maybe some migrants. We’ll make a circuit around the reservoir and see what we can find. Meet at the playground off of South Rindge Avenue in Lexington (park on the playground side of the street). 8:00-10:00AM or a little later if birding is good. Cancelled if raining. Karsten E. Hartel  or 781-646-8949

Tuesday, September 14
Danehy Park, Cambridge
Join us for some weekday Urban Birding at Cambridge’s Danehy Park. A small marsh, grasses, and open fields often attract unexpected birds in this setting. Meet at the parking lot at 99 Sherman Street, Cambridge. Sherman Street meets Garden Street and Huron Avenue at the Fire Station intersection. Drive down through the lights at Walden Street and look for a parking lot on the left after the playing field. 7:30-9:00AM. Cancelled if raining. Karsten E. Hartel or 781-646-8949

Saturday September 18
Whipple Hill conservation area.
We will look for migrants starting at the wetland at the end of Cox Rd. in Winchester. We will walk around Locke Pond and through the woods, then climb Whipple Hill to see if any migrants flocks are flying by. Meet at the end of Cox Rd (off Johnson Rd) in Winchester. Park at the side of the road, being careful not to block any neighbors’ driveways. 7:30-9:30AM. Kathy Sweadner.

Sunday, September 19
Fall in the Fells
There are still some fall migrants passing through, and it's a great time of year for a hike in the Fells. Join us as we explore the Ramshead section of the Middlesex Fells in Medford. We'll meet in Winchester at the intersection of Town Way, Clearwater, & Winford Way. 8:00-11:00AM Paul Devaney.

Saturday, September 25
Woburn Horn Pond Conservation Area
We will take a half day walk, exploring the varied habitats of the Horn Pond Conservation Area. The first half of the walk will focus on the main pond, accompanying lagoons and marsh areas in search of migrating fall warblers and sparrows. The second half will focus on Horn Pond Mountain (elev. ~254 ft.) in search of Fall Warblers, Field Sparrow, Indigo Bunting and Eastern Towhee. This part of the walk has terrain that may be uneven, with muddy areas possible. Co-sponsored by Brookline Bird Club and Woburn Residents Environmental Network (WREN). Meeting Place: Sturgis Street entrance to Horn Pond. 7:30-10:30AM Diana Fruguglietti 781-933-9063 and Paul Ippolito.

Tuesday, September 28
Danehy Park, Cambridge
Join us for some weekday Urban Birding at Cambridge’s Danehy Park. A small marsh, grasses, and open fields often attract unexpected birds in this setting. Meet at the parking lot at 99 Sherman Street, Cambridge. Sherman Street meets Garden Street and Huron Avenue at the Fire Station intersection. Drive down through the lights at Walden Street and look for a parking lot on the left after the playing field. 7:30-9:00AM. Cancelled if raining. Karsten E. Hartel or 781-646-8949

Thursday, September 30
Great Meadows NWR, Evening
We will slowly walk down and look for shorebirds and other things. Meeting place: Main entrance to the refuge (off Monsen Rd, Concord), 5 PM. Latecomers, start down, we won't be going far. Co-sponsored with Brookline Bird Club. 5:00 PM. Jason Forbes and Alan Bragg

Saturday, October 2
Waltham Street Fields and Cambridge Reservoir
Let’s find some sparrows at the fields, and shorebirds at the Res. Meet at the Clark School in Lexington at 7:30AM. Marj Rines.

Sunday, October 3
Beaver Brook North, Waltham and Lexington
We'll explore the fields, marshes, and woods looking for sparrows and other birds. Meet behind the McLaughlin building on Metropolitan Parkway South in Waltham. The parkway is on Trapelo Rd opposite Forest St, the building is on the left as you come up the hill. Alternatively, turn into the Avalon apartments on Concord Ave in Lexington, take a left at the stop sign and then follow around until you reach the building. 7:30AM. Jason Forbes.

Saturday, October 9
Carlisle – Foss Farm
We’ll look for fall migrants such as sparrows and raptors in the community gardens and farm fields, including the old piggery, and also explore the wooded wetlands alongside the Concord River. Meet at Foss Farm parking lot, just west of the bridge over the Concord River on route 225. 8:00-11:00AM Alan Ankers.

Monday, October 11
Exploring Rock Meadow
Rock Meadow in Belmont can be an excellent place to see a variety of sparrows and work through identification of puzzling young birds such as those confusing fall warblers. Meet at the Rock Meadow parking lot off of Mill Street in Belmont. 7:30AM. Fay and Peter Vale.

Tuesday, October 12
Danehy Park, Cambridge
Join us for some weekday Urban Birding at Cambridge’s Danehy Park. A small marsh, grasses, and open fields often attract unexpected birds in this setting. Meet at the parking lot at 99 Sherman Street, Cambridge. Sherman Street meets Garden Street and Huron Avenue at the Fire Station intersection. Drive down through the lights at Walden Street and look for a parking lot on the left after the playing field. 7:30-9:00AM. Cancelled if raining. Karsten E. Hartel or 781-646-8949

Saturday, October 16
Dunback Meadow, Lexington
Join us as we search the fields and forests of Dunback Meadows and the nearby Waltham Streets fields - excellent locations to find sparrows, and other fall migrants. Meeting Place: Allen Street entrance to Dunback Meadows in Lexington. There is parking along Allen Street 8:00 AM Bobbie Hodson. 

Sunday October 17
Horn Pond conservation area.
We will look for migrating ducks on the main pond and the quieter back ponds and marshes, and see what migrants show up in woodsy and brushy habitat. At the end we will take an optional walk up the flank of Horn Pond Mountain. Meet at the Sturgis St. entrance. 8:00-10:30AM. Kathy Sweadner.

Tuesday, October 26
Danehy Park, Cambridge
Join us for some weekday Urban Birding at Cambridge’s Danehy Park. A small marsh, grasses, and open fields often attract unexpected birds in this setting. Meet at the parking lot at 99 Sherman Street, Cambridge. Sherman Street meets Garden Street and Huron Avenue at the Fire Station intersection. Drive down through the lights at Walden Street and look for a parking lot on the left after the playing field. 7:30-9:00AM. Cancelled if raining. Karsten E. Hartel or 781-646-8949

Saturday, October 30
Whipple Hill, Smith Pond and Locke Pond
We will see if any migrants are still around the Smith Pond/Locke Pond/Whipple Hill area in Winchester and Lexington. We’ll look for wood ducks on Smith Pond and see who is perched and hiding in the woods. Maybe the barred owl will show himself on the way to Whipple Hill’s summit. Meet at the end of Cox Rd (off Johnson Rd) in Winchester. Park at the side of the road, being careful not to block any neighbors’ driveways. 7:30-10:00AM Carol Thrope.

Saturday, November 6
Plum Island in Fall
Did you know that November is the month that vagrant birds most often turn up along the coast? Join us to enjoy the red and gold colors of the marsh and observe the lingering egrets mingling with incoming ducks. No guarantees of any vagrants...we will just see what we find. Meet at Parking Lot 1 of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. Please note that there is a $5 per vehicle entrance charge unless you have a refuge pass or a Duck Stamp. 9:00AM-2:00PM Ann Gurka and Lew Bushnell.

Sunday, November 7
Dunback Meadow, Lexington
Our target bird is the Fox Sparrow, and this is the time and place to find it. We hope to find other birds too! Meet at the Clark School parking lot at the end of Brookside Avenue in Lexington. 8:00-10:30AM. Renee LaFontaine.

See events from other organizations:
Friends of Arlington Great Meadows
Friends of the Middlesex Fells
Friends of Fresh Pond
Friends of Alewife Reservation
Brookline Bird Club