Magazine Beach Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
03-Jun-2023 07:44 – 10:29
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club/ Mass Audubon- Black Birders Week walk at Magazine Beach Park.  Leader: Michael Bryant; Kathy Dia and Michaelle Larkins assistant leaders. Overcast and cool after rain at night, low 50’s F.
24 species (+3 other taxa)
Canada Goose  15
Mallard  8
Mallard (Domestic type)  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8
Mourning Dove  3
Killdeer  1    Heard
Herring Gull  4
gull sp.  4
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Great Blue Heron  3
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Peregrine Falcon  4    Two adults and *young in the nest. *Later confirmed to be four.
Warbling Vireo  3
Blue Jay  2
swallow sp.  1    Seen briefly; Tree or immature Barn.
European Starling  12
Gray Catbird  6
American Robin  10
Cedar Waxwing  14
House Sparrow  1
American Goldfinch  4
Song Sparrow  7
Baltimore Oriole  4
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  6
Common Grackle  10
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow Warbler  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S148727359

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