Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

McLaughlin Woods, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
May 15, 2019 7:29 AM – 9:34 AM
Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk. Sunny and cool. Slow going at the start with some fairly uncooperative birds but ended on a nice note with a couple Cape Mays.
41 species (+1 other taxa)
Wild Turkey  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Least Flycatcher  3    Two tangle, one lower ball field
Blue-headed Vireo  1    On path up from lower ball field
Blue Jay  3
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  4
European Starling  12
Gray Catbird  7
Northern Mockingbird  1
Veery  2    1 main stairs, 1 Iroquois Street Woods
American Robin  7
House Sparrow  15
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  5
Lincoln’s Sparrow  1    Continuing Iroquois Street Woods. Extremely uncooperative, not sure how many got a chance to see it.
Swamp Sparrow  1    Like yesterday, with Lincoln Sparrow at Iroquois Street Woods.
Baltimore Oriole  1
Common Grackle  1
Ovenbird  12    Spread throughout various areas of park. Leading a walk so less meticulous of a count, though seemingly less than yesterday.
Northern Waterthrush  2
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Nashville Warbler  4
Common Yellowthroat  5
Cape May Warbler  2    Together in trees at the top tangle, viewed from the orchard/along the edge of the top field. One singing at times.
Northern Parula  11
Magnolia Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Prairie Warbler  1
Wilson’s Warbler  1
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)  1    Possible Canada singing towards lower ball field, though didn’t get enough of the song to be certain.
Northern Cardinal  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59838615

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