Plymouth Airport, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

May 23, 2026 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC/FMSSF/Paskamansett trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; ~25 participants

32 species

Mourning Dove  1

Killdeer  1

Upland Sandpiper  2    may have figured out why we have had issues locating this species recently; apparently nesting or spending their time on the southeast side of the NE/SW runway along the taxi way near fence line: last two encounters have been there

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey  3    Now nesting (!!) on the property; nest on the communication tower in the middle of the east/west runway on top; third bird attempted to interfere and was soundly escorted off

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

American Kestrel  1    male

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Fish Crow  1

Tufted Titmouse  2

Barn Swallow (American)  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  2

Brown Thrasher  1

House Sparrow  X

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  1

Field Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  2

Eastern Meadowlark  4

Common Grackle  4

Ovenbird  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Prairie Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S348822472

Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

May 23, 2026 12:00 PM – 2:15 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.6 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip for Bobolinks; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 3 participants

21 species

Wild Turkey  4

Mourning Dove  1

Osprey  3

Willow Flycatcher  2

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  20

Purple Martin  4

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2

Barn Swallow (American)  5

Gray Catbird  6

American Robin  2

House Finch  2

Song Sparrow  6

Bobolink  40    lots of male on female chases; probably 30 male and 10 female; females kept low profile-if they showed up males would fly toward them

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10

Common Grackle  5

Common Yellowthroat  3

Northern Yellow Warbler  12

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S348822501

Charles River Esplanade, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 22, 2026 7:14 AM – 8:18 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.692 mile(s)

30 species

Canada Goose  50

Mute Swan  2

Mallard  8

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  2

American Herring Gull  50

Double-crested Cormorant  75

Black-crowned Night Heron  3

Osprey  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  7

Blue Jay  1

Tree Swallow  2

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  5

Cedar Waxwing  3

House Sparrow  25

American Goldfinch  1

Song Sparrow  5

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Common Grackle  15

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Northern Parula  1

Magnolia Warbler  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S343896645

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 22, 2026 6:15 AM – 8:27 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.144 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, around 20 at the start.

43 species (+1 other taxa)

Wild Turkey  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  7

Ring-billed Gull  1

gull sp.  1

Great Blue Heron  2

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  6

Tufted Titmouse  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren  1

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  11

Veery  1

American Robin  50

Cedar Waxwing  14

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  5

Baltimore Oriole  12

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  4

Northern Waterthrush  1

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Tennessee Warbler  1

American Redstart  3

Northern Parula  2

Magnolia Warbler  2

Bay-breasted Warbler  3    Heard multiple places

Blackburnian Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  3

Blackpoll Warbler  4

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  3

Indigo Bunting  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S343860869

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 21, 2026 6:22 AM – 8:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.686 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip 18 including leader (Leslie led, John ebirded)

39 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  2

Wild Turkey  4

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  3

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

gull sp.  1

Common Loon  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Sharp-shinned/Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  6

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  4

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  9

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

Northern House Wren  1

Gray Catbird  9

Swainson’s Thrush  2

American Robin  23

Cedar Waxwing  4

House Sparrow  5

Chipping Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  3

Ovenbird  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Parula  1

Magnolia Warbler  3

Northern Yellow Warbler  2

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  3

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S343513131

Minute Man NHP–Hartwell Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 21, 2026 7:04 AM – 9:28 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.927 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club – Late Spring Migrants at Minute Man NHP – Leader: Kathy Dia – overcast low 60’s F. Walked to Bloody Angle and back behind Hartwell Tavern.

32 species (+1 other taxa)

Mourning Dove  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1    *Rare but regular nester at this location. The sapsuckers first nested here in 2023. I (Kathy) heard and saw the pair this year on April 15 closer to the restrooms. Likely nesting in the vernal pool vicinity. Seen today near the British soldier grave near the Bloody Angle. Male called briefly and demonstrating its arrhythmic tapping. This is one of only a handful of nesting pairs in eastern MA.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  8

crow sp.  1    A crow flew by chased by a blackbird; we thought we may have been hearing Fish Crow just prior to this, but css as by confirm.

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1    Heard

Northern House Wren (Northern)  1

Gray Catbird  4

Wood Thrush  2

American Robin  20

Cedar Waxwing  8

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  8

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Ovenbird  2

Blue-winged Warbler  2

Tennessee Warbler  1    Heard behind Hartwell.

American Redstart  4

Bay-breasted Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

Indigo Bunting  1    Heard between restrooms and Hartwell Tavern (usual breeding spot)

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S343513118

Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 21, 2026 7:00 AM – 8:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.462 mile(s)

32 species

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Least Flycatcher  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  4

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  3

Swainson’s Thrush  2

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  3

Cedar Waxwing  3

House Sparrow  X

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Common Grackle  4

Common Yellowthroat  5

American Redstart  1

Magnolia Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  3

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S343513141

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 20, 2026 7:02 AM – 8:41 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.69 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Sunny, hot, humid low wind morning but still pleasant up to the time we knocked off.  Probably undercounts on many of the more common species (chickadee, blackbird, cowbird), but good group consensus on others.  Nice group of birders/variety of experience.  Jeremiah Trimble was leading a larger group in front of us which slowed our progress but helped us to sit and pay attention.  In compensation, they found a golden-winged warbler which we were unable to locate although Merlin one time picked out its quite distinctive song from among a cacophony; sadly, we were unable to either hear or see it.

41 species

Canada Goose  4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  3

American Herring Gull  1

Osprey  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  4

Red-eyed Vireo  4

Blue Jay  6

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren  4

Gray Catbird  7

American Robin  10

Cedar Waxwing  2

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  6

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  5

Common Grackle  6

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  5

Northern Parula  2

Magnolia Warbler  2

Bay-breasted Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  3

Blackpoll Warbler  6

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Canada Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  6

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

Indigo Bunting  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S343512717

Federated Women’s Club State Forest (Worcester Co.), Worcester, Massachusetts, US

May 19, 2026 7:57 AM – 11:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.305 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC and MBC trip

42 species (+2 other taxa)

duck sp.  2

Mourning Dove  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  3

Broad-winged Hawk  1

hawk sp.  1

Barred Owl  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  4

Downy Woodpecker  9

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  3

Least Flycatcher  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Blue-headed Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  18

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  4

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

Gray Catbird  2

Veery  8

Hermit Thrush  1

Chipping Sparrow  4

Eastern Towhee  2

Ovenbird  35

Northern Waterthrush  2

Black-and-white Warbler  10

Common Yellowthroat  9

American Redstart  2

Bay-breasted Warbler  1

Blackburnian Warbler  3

Chestnut-sided Warbler  3

Black-throated Blue Warbler  6

Pine Warbler  4

Prairie Warbler  5

Black-throated Green Warbler  14

Scarlet Tanager  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S342728389

McLaughlin Woods, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 19, 2026 6:23 AM – 8:04 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.455 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk.  Started off slowly, as we couldn’t find several things I’d heard early in the am.  But then things picked up a lot!  Great looks at a silent empid at the top field, Willow/Alder type, I think Alder but couldn’t be sure.  Also several warblers including BT Blue.  Later, along the main path we had great looks at two different Bay-breasteds and finished with a Canada (found by a birder who had gotten there late) which gave extended looks.  Thanks to all participants!

41 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  1    Flyover

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  5

American Herring Gull  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  2

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher)  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Red-eyed Vireo  8

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  4

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  8

Gray Catbird  20

American Robin  16

Cedar Waxwing  2

House Sparrow  10

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  1

Baltimore Oriole  2

Common Grackle  1

Ovenbird  1

Black-and-white Warbler  4

Common Yellowthroat  6

American Redstart  5

Northern Parula  4

Magnolia Warbler  4

Bay-breasted Warbler  2    Different individuals

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  2

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Canada Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  2

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S342728408