Eastham to Provincetown.

96 species, including the Crested Caracara in Wellfleet, Marbled Godwits in Chatham, Parasitic Jaegers at Race Point Beach and a Blue Grosbeak and Dickcissel at Putnam Farm

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Charles River Bike Path–Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 3, 2026 8:15 AM – 10:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Menotomy Bird Club, Brookline Bird Club, Waltham Land Trust Stewards birding along Charles River from Shaw’s parking lot to Moody St and back. Gorgeous October day got up to 70 in Waltham in the shade! Fairly quiet bird wise. Two Blue Heron, pair of Mute Swans flying, Warblers too far away for me to identify, I got terrible photo, Chickadees, Downy Woodpeckers, Mallards, Blue Jays, Eastern Phoebe.

13 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  3

Mute Swan  2    Flying over Moody St.

Mallard  16    The bulk of them were near McKenna Park.

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2    Fly over.

Mourning Dove  2

Great Blue Heron  2    I don’t know what caused the red spot it’s the only photo that has it?

Downy Woodpecker  3

Eastern Phoebe  1    On a tree branch at what I call the 1st overlook, the one closest to the Mary Early Bridge.

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  5

European Starling  1    Heard only near Landry Park.

House Sparrow  3    In a shrub close to Newton St.

new world warbler sp.  3    Too far away to identify but seen by some other people.

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S399450859

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 2, 2026 8:10 AM – 10:03 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.574 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk, 12 including leader

22 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  6

gull sp.  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Belted Kingfisher  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2    Halcyon and 2 at completely other end of cemetery

Red-bellied Woodpecker  8

Downy Woodpecker  3

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  21

American Crow  2

Common Raven  7    Unusual but one flock with big bills and narrower wings and lofty flight

Black-capped Chickadee  7

White-breasted Nuthatch  6

European Starling  3

American Robin  40

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  1

White-crowned Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S399450835

Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Oct 1, 2026 7:32 AM – 8:54 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.467 mile(s)

27 species

Mallard  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  3

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  10

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  8

American Robin  2

House Finch  X

American Goldfinch  10

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Swamp Sparrow  1

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  2

Magnolia Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S398064189

Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Sep 24, 2026 7:31 AM – 8:40 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.534 mile(s)

14 species (+1 other taxa)

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  12

Mourning Dove  1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Sharp-shinned/Cooper’s Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  5

Black-capped Chickadee  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Northern House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  2

American Goldfinch  8

White-throated Sparrow  1

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S398064128

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Sep 21, 2026 6:32 AM – 8:27 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Leader Nick Paulson. 2 participants. Cool wet start, breezy and clearing. Very slow and quiet.

29 species

Canada Goose  16

Wood Duck  1

Mourning Dove  6

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Ring-billed Gull  15

American Herring Gull  1

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  2

Osprey  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  15

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

European Starling  15

Gray Catbird  25

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  2

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  8

Song Sparrow  8

Swamp Sparrow  5

Eastern Towhee  2

Common Grackle  1

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S395228913

Skinner SP, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US

Sep 19, 2026 11:34 AM – 4:04 PM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club Autumnal Equinox Walk Trip. 

Weather: 63°F, High Thin Clouds, Light Northly Wind, 3MPH 

Mount Holyoke ~ Skinner State Park Hawk Watch. 

BBC Observers, from the SummitHouse: 

Laura de la Flor 

Mark Burns 

Wiljo Doeleman

8 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  13

Turkey Vulture  8

Bald Eagle  9

Broad-winged Hawk  3577    Broadwing Hawks ~ 

Count from 1130AM to 200PM:  

One kettle of 92 hawks bubbled up from behind UMass. 

Two kettles of 12 (24) – from the north. 

One kettle of 42 hawks. – from east-southeast. 

Plus 34 individuals. 

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It all started with one bird. 

At about 2:00PM – Broadwing Hawks started to come in. We spotted one bird flying high overhead and then saw many, many birds streaming in from the north and forming impressive kettles over the valley, on the east-southeast side of the Summit House. This flight lasted for about 20 minutes. What an amazing sight!

Count from 200PM to 220PM: 

1,675 

1,105 

440 

80 

12 

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Count from 220PM to 315PM:  

18 

55

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Total = 3,577

Buteo sp.  2

American Kestrel  2

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  4

Common Raven  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S395228915

Mystic River Reservation–Torbert Macdonald State Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 19, 2026 8:12 AM – 10:18 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.503 mile(s)

30 species

Canada Goose  46

Mute Swan  5

Mallard  6

Wild Turkey  7

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Ring-billed Gull  1

American Herring Gull  3

Double-crested Cormorant  5

Great Blue Heron  3

Osprey  1

Cooper’s Hawk  3

Northern Harrier  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  3

Eastern Phoebe  4

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  6

Gray Catbird  6

Veery  1    bright rufous thrush, very minimal spotting on breast

American Robin  10

Cedar Waxwing  3

Song Sparrow  3

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S395228928

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 19, 2026 8:08 AM – 12:50 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.539 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club bird walk co-led by Michael McCarthy & Neil Calabro @ Mt. Auburn Cemetery 9-19-26.

37 species

Wild Turkey  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  15

American Herring Gull  1

Double-crested Cormorant  32

Green Heron  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1    Adult

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  3    Adult and two juveniles

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  3

Philadelphia Vireo  1    Willow Pond

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  8

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  3

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  28

Gray Catbird  8

Brown Thrasher  1

Veery  1    Thrush perched in dogwood in the Dell, white underneath with black pepper spots on upper chest, rusty above. Seen by three members.

American Robin  39

House Sparrow  7

American Goldfinch  8

Chipping Sparrow  9

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  1

Magnolia Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1    Male

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S395228921