Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 11, 2026 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk led by David Scott. Couldn’t find any warblers!!

19 species

Canada Goose  18    Inc 6 small ones

Mallard  3

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  40    At least

Killdeer  1

Spotted Sandpiper  1

American Herring Gull  4

Double-crested Cormorant  12

Great Blue Heron  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1    Heard

Blue Jay  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Barn Swallow  6

Northern House Wren  1    Heard

Gray Catbird  3

American Robin  2

Chipping Sparrow  1    Heard

Common Grackle  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337287503

Eastern Point–General Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 10, 2026 6:53 AM – 11:52 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.973 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Superb day on EP. Upper 50’s to low 60’s, very little wind, some fog and overcast that dissipated as the morning went on.

82 species (+1 other taxa)

Brant  7

Canada Goose  1

Mallard  22

American Black Duck  4

Common Eider  32

Surf Scoter  2

Black Scoter  1

Long-tailed Duck  1

Bufflehead  6

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  4

Chimney Swift  1

Killdeer  1

Semipalmated Plover  3

Least Sandpiper  1

Laughing Gull  3

Ring-billed Gull  6

American Herring Gull  1

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Common Loon  3

Northern Gannet  1

Double-crested Cormorant  22

Black-crowned Night Heron  1

Snowy Egret  1

Great Egret  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  3

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Merlin  1

falcon sp.  1

Least Flycatcher  7

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  2

Blue-headed Vireo  7

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  9

American Crow  4

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  18

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  7

Barn Swallow  20

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren  6

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  20

Northern Mockingbird  3

Veery  2

American Robin  7

Cedar Waxwing  1

House Finch  6

American Goldfinch  8

Chipping Sparrow  3

White-throated Sparrow  2

Savannah Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  4

Eastern Towhee  1

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird  14

Brown-headed Cowbird  7

Common Grackle  12

Ovenbird  2

Northern Waterthrush  1

Black-and-white Warbler  6

Nashville Warbler  4

Common Yellowthroat  2

American Redstart  1

Northern Parula  5

Magnolia Warbler  3

Blackburnian Warbler  4

Northern Yellow Warbler  12

Chestnut-sided Warbler  6

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  4

Black-throated Green Warbler  6

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337288474

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 10, 2026 6:11 AM – 9:02 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.256 mile(s)

46 species

Mallard  1

Wild Turkey  3

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  1

American Herring Gull  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Great Horned Owl  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

Blue-headed Vireo  4

Eastern Warbling Vireo  3

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren  3

European Starling  3

Gray Catbird  8

Wood Thrush  2

American Robin  16

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  13

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  11

Common Grackle  3

Ovenbird  2

Black-and-white Warbler  11

Nashville Warbler  5

American Redstart  6

Northern Parula  6

Magnolia Warbler  3

Blackburnian Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  3

Chestnut-sided Warbler  6

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  25

Black-throated Green Warbler  9

Scarlet Tanager  2

Northern Cardinal  5

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337288459

Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 9, 2026 6:59 AM – 9:09 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.575 mile(s)

36 species

Canada Goose  44

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  1

Mourning Dove  5

Killdeer  3

Red-tailed Hawk  1    Krider’s subspecies. B. jamaicensis kriderii

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

American Kestrel  2

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  4

Black-capped Chickadee  15

Tufted Titmouse  7

Tree Swallow  8

Barn Swallow  1

European Starling  20

Gray Catbird  6

Eastern Bluebird  9

American Robin  10

Cedar Waxwing  9

House Sparrow  6

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  2

Savannah Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  15

Bobolink  1

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  2

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  16

Northern Cardinal  11

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S335837437

Weston Station Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 9, 2026 8:50 AM – 11:05 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.884 mile(s)

47 species

Canada Goose  2

Wood Duck  4

Mallard  1

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  6

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Solitary Sandpiper  1

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  4

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  4

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  25

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  20

Barn Swallow  11

Cliff Swallow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Northern House Wren  1

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  3

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  2

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  4

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  6

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Parula  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  2

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  15

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S335835515

Pawtucket Farm Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 9, 2026 6:48 AM – 9:24 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.585 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Walk for LP&CT and Brookline Bird Club, cool and overcast with steady showers at the end

39 species

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  4

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  3

Bald Eagle  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  4

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  3

Chipping Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  2

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  6

Common Grackle  2

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Northern Parula  1

Pine Warbler  3

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S335835300

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury US-MA 42.76548, -70.80460, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 9, 2026 5:45 AM – 1:35 PM

Protocol: Traveling

7.403 mile(s)

91 species

Canada Goose  4

Mute Swan  2

Gadwall  9

Mallard  18

American Black Duck  5

Green-winged Teal  4

Common Eider  5

Bufflehead  6

Wild Turkey  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

Mourning Dove  2

Clapper Rail  1    Continuing

Black-bellied Plover  1

Killdeer  7

Semipalmated Plover  4

Wilson’s Phalarope  1

Lesser Yellowlegs  6

Willet  12

Greater Yellowlegs  17

Sanderling  7

White-rumped Sandpiper  1    In salt pans

Least Sandpiper  28

Semipalmated Sandpiper  8

American Herring Gull  10

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Common Loon  2

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Yellow-crowned Night Heron  1    Continuing M10

Snowy Egret  3

Green Heron  1

Great Egret  8

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  1

Northern Harrier  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Merlin  2

Peregrine Falcon  1

Least Flycatcher  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

White-eyed Vireo  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  200

Purple Martin  5

Barn Swallow  14

Northern House Wren  1

Marsh Wren  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  5

Brown Thrasher  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

Wood Thrush  1    H

American Robin  1

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  4

Purple Finch  2    H

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  1

Field Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  4

Swamp Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  6

Bobolink  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  4

Ovenbird  1    H

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Nashville Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  2

American Redstart  2

Northern Parula  2

Magnolia Warbler  2

Blackburnian Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  3

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Wilson’s Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337297954

Cashman Park, Newburyport US-MA 42.81707, -70.87806, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 9, 2026 1:55 PM – 2:06 PM

Protocol: Stationary

4 species

Ring-billed Gull  8

American Herring Gull  3

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Osprey  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337297967

Wet Meadows, Newbury US-MA (42.7885,-70.9093), Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 9, 2026 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    BBC Big Day last stop

5 species

Canada Goose  2

Glossy Ibis  40

White-faced Ibis  1    Continuing with large flock of glossy ibis, Differentiated by lighter, more reddish brown coloration and facial differences.

Turkey Vulture  3

Red-winged Blackbird  9

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337297983

Bolton Flats WMA–Pine Hill Rd. Grasslands, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

May 9, 2026 7:05 AM – 10:01 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.46 mile(s)

39 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  2

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  2

Black-billed Cuckoo  1

Killdeer  3

Great Blue Heron  2

Osprey  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

American Kestrel  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  2

corvid sp.  1    Crow/raven

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren  1

European Starling  7

Gray Catbird  4

Eastern Bluebird  4

American Robin  10

American Goldfinch  3

Grasshopper Sparrow  1    Heard by experienced birders

Chipping Sparrow  6

Field Sparrow  5

Savannah Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  7

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  7

Ovenbird  5

Northern Yellow Warbler  2

Pine Warbler  2

Prairie Warbler  7

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337296776

Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 9, 2026 3:46 PM – 6:55 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.379 mile(s)

55 species

Canada Goose  3

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  8

Mallard  3

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  1

Solitary Sandpiper  1

Ring-billed Gull  1

American Herring Gull  7

Great Egret  1

Turkey Vulture  2

Red-tailed Hawk  3

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  9

Tufted Titmouse  6

Tree Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  8

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5

Brown Creeper  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4

Marsh Wren  1

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  7

Eastern Bluebird  2

Wood Thrush  2

American Robin  4

House Sparrow  8

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  4

Swamp Sparrow  4

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird  30

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  10

Ovenbird  2

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  6

American Redstart  1

Northern Parula  1

Magnolia Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  6

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337295453

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 9, 2026 9:00 AM – 11:58 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.173 mile(s)

30 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  3

Mourning Dove  2

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1    Long-awaited Lifer! Unfazed at angry robins, a truly dramatic encounter given the context/stakes :O

Ring-billed Gull  1

American Herring Gull  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Great Horned Owl  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2    Heard on a couple occasions

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1    Heard

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  5

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Northern House Wren  1

Gray Catbird  6

American Robin  20    At least three nests observed but most notably, an agitated pair fending off a yellow-billed cuckoo

American Goldfinch  9

Chipping Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  8

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  7

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

new world warbler sp.  1

Scarlet Tanager  1    Lifer! Nemesis bird found! Bird of the Day!

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337295483