Boston Public Garden, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
27-Apr-2023 06:30 – 08:30
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC Walk, 48-56 degrees, early clouds turned to sun.  Surprising variety of birds on this late April date seen by a very enthusiastic group!
32 species
Canada Goose  3    1 sitting on a nest
Mallard  29
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8
Mourning Dove  9
Herring Gull  21
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Blue Jay  10
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
European Starling  3
Brown Thrasher  1
American Robin  9
House Sparrow  3
Chipping Sparrow  6
Dark-eyed Junco  3
White-throated Sparrow  11
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  1    male
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Common Grackle  4
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  6
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S135226985

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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Upcoming Field Trips

  • Bring Back Bobolinks: Norfolk Airport (New!)

    Adding to our Bobolink conservation series. Observe and appreciate Bobolinks in breeding habitat! Bobolinks are nesting throughout the airport. We will walk the runways less than 2 miles walking total.  This area is all grasslands, around 400 acres.

  • Belle Isle Marsh Reservation – Winthrop Side

    Joint with Mass Audubon BNC. Join us to observe resident birds and spring migrants in a unique urban habitat that is a favorite for many bird species, including uncommon and rare flycatchers, swallows & warblers. Birders of all levels will enjoy this walk. The trails are generally flat and easy to walk. A water bottle,

  • Quabbin Reservoir

    Join 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 of stuff in between. (Maybe a moose or a bobcat!) Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird Club.

  • Bring Back Boblinks: Bobolinks at Heard Farm, Wayland (New!)

    New addition to our Bring Back Bobolinks conservation series. This gem works its way into the rotations of many birders once discovered. It is managed for dog walking (no dogs on this walk please) and bobolinks, which in a good year can number 100 or more. We will be using dirt trails and boardwalks. Trails

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