Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 3, 2026 6:23 AM – 9:27 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.72 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC (J. Forbes leader) 47, cloudy start, cleared around 7:30, then clouded back over and got cold and windy. Indian Ridge, Dry Dell, Spectacle, Harvard Hill to tower, Willow.

52 species

Mallard  5

Wild Turkey  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

Mourning Dove  6

American Herring Gull  2

Double-crested Cormorant  4

Black-crowned Night Heron  1    Willow

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1    Caught and swallowed a large fish at Willow in less time than it takes to raise a camera

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Great Horned Owl  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1    Indian Ridge

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Peregrine Falcon (North American)  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1    Calling Harvard Hill

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  3    2 Foraging on the ground near Willow

Northern House Wren (Northern)  2

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  1

Hermit Thrush  2    Michealle only

American Robin  40

Cedar Waxwing  4    One acting like it was sitting on a nest

House Sparrow  4

Pine Siskin  1    Over Indian Ridge and again at Spectacle

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  20

White-throated Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Baltimore Oriole  6

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  8

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  5

Ovenbird  1    Dry Dell

Black-and-white Warbler  5

Nashville Warbler  1    Harvard Hill, heard only

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Parula  3

Northern Yellow Warbler  1    Michealle/Bob only

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  25

Prairie Warbler  1    Michealle/Bob only

Black-throated Green Warbler  3

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S333234024

Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2026 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.7 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Bird Walk to Brook Farm, co-led by Mike McCarthy & Neil Calabro 5-2-26

Temperature: 49 – 53°F

Wind: Light breeze – gentle breeze

25 species

Canada Goose  4

Wood Duck  4

Wild Turkey  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Northern House Wren (Northern)  1

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  5

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  4

Swamp Sparrow  4

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  6

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  4

Northern Yellow Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332096192

Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2026 9:27 AM – 10:37 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.233 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk, Neil Calabro and Mike McCarthy co-leaders. 

Temperature: 53°F

Wind: Light breeze – gentle breeze

42 species

Canada Goose  10

Mute Swan  5

Mallard  1

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  12    Flock flying around the high school and marsh

Killdeer  1

Solitary Sandpiper  1

Greater Yellowlegs  1

American Herring Gull  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1    Immature

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  24

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4

Barn Swallow (American)  6

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  2

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  18

House Sparrow  4

White-throated Sparrow  2

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3

Swamp Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  7

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  7

Northern Parula  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  3

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  6

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332096177

Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2026 10:50 AM – 12:20 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.25 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Bird Walk to Brook Farm, co-led by Mike McCarthy & Neil Calabro 5-2-26

Temperature: 55 – 56°F

Wind: Mostly calm – moderate breeze

37 species

Canada Goose  2

Mute Swan  1

Mallard  6

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  3

Killdeer  2

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Ring-billed Gull  2

Double-crested Cormorant  52    Flying over heading NNE

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (American)  2    On probable nest on cell phone tower platform in Nat Grid parking lot

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Phoebe  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  3

Fish Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  2

Barn Swallow (American)  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

European Starling  14

Gray Catbird  4

Northern Mockingbird  6

American Robin  6

House Sparrow  9

American Goldfinch  5

White-throated Sparrow  4

Savannah Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3

Orchard Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  8

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  22

Northern Yellow Warbler  8

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332096161

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

May 2, 2026 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    9 New Englanders braved the shower chance possibilities for the “birding trip.” We got spritzed on a couple of times but not wet. We had a variety of birds, Yellow Warbler, Yellow Rumped Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Male Wood Duck, Great Blue Heron, 2 Black Crowned Night Heron, Savannah Sparrow, Tree & Rough-winged Swallows, Chimney Swifts, Female & Male Red Wing Blackbirds…, someone had asked about the Red Wing Blackbirds diet which I didn’t know so I looked it up & they have a very varied diet of seeds, insects, snails, etc…,

28 species

Canada Goose  14

Wood Duck  1    One male Wood Duck.

Mallard  9

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  5

American Herring Gull  4

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Black-crowned Night Heron  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Downy Woodpecker  2    Heard only.

Eastern Warbling Vireo  5

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  5

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3

Carolina Wren  1

Northern Mockingbird  1    In Shaw’s parking lot upon 1st arrival.

American Robin  6

House Sparrow  5

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  3    Heard only.

Savannah Sparrow  2    Documentation photo out of focus but I think yellow above eye may be recognizable.

Song Sparrow  1    Heard only.

Red-winged Blackbird  7    Female & male.

Common Grackle  10

Northern Yellow Warbler  1    Seen by all but photo did not come out.

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1    Heard only.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332103140

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2026 9:05 AM – 11:27 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.017 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk

30 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  5

Wild Turkey  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5

Mourning Dove  3

gull sp.  2

Green Heron  1    First of Year :D

Great Blue Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Great Horned Owl  3    Great horned highlight of the walk! ^_^

Belted Kingfisher  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1    Heard

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1    Ground foraging?

Northern House Wren  2    Couple flittering around nest box and tree cavities

European Starling  12

Gray Catbird  3

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  25    Low Estimate

Cedar Waxwing  2    A splendid send-off sighting :)

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  3    First of Year! :D

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  7

Common Grackle  15

Northern Cardinal  9

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332094537

Plum Island (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2026 6:41 AM – 7:21 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.245 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club Birding By Bike Trip. 

Weather: 49-55°F, Cloudy, Occasional rain. 

We rode our bikes along the main refuge road between Parking Lot #1 and Hellcat. A splinter group continued to the Pines. We met at 630AM and birded until 1PM, dodging rain drops along the way.

70 species (+1 other taxa)

Snow Goose  1    Flew overhead at Hellcat.

Brant  12

Canada Goose  6

Mute Swan  1

Gadwall  8

Mallard  7

Green-winged Teal  4

Long-tailed Duck  1

Bufflehead  8

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  9

Clapper Rail  1    Continuing bird.

Killdeer  7

Semipalmated Plover  5

Willet  21    Willets heard and seen from Parking Lot #1 to Hellcat.

Greater Yellowlegs  10

Least Sandpiper  4

American Herring Gull  28

Great Black-backed Gull  3

Common Tern  10

Common Loon  3

Northern Gannet  1

Double-crested Cormorant  7

Glossy Ibis  15

Snowy Egret  2

Great Egret  14

Great Blue Heron  2

Osprey  5

Cooper’s Hawk  5

Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)  1

Northern Harrier  2

Belted Kingfisher  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Merlin  6

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  5

Black-capped Chickadee  13

Tree Swallow  26

Purple Martin  5

Barn Swallow  9

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Marsh Wren  3

European Starling  4

Gray Catbird  2

Brown Thrasher  7

Northern Mockingbird  5

Veery  2

American Robin  12

House Sparrow  2

Purple Finch  9

American Goldfinch  12

Chipping Sparrow  4

White-throated Sparrow  7

Savannah Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  6

Swamp Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  18

Orchard Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  11

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  15

Northern Waterthrush  3

Black-and-white Warbler  4

Northern Parula  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Palm Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  16

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332095013

Eustis Estate Museum, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2026 8:43 AM – 10:43 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.646 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Temperature: mid 50s

Some light rain 

Cycled between partly cloudy and sunny

33 species

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  10

Double-crested Cormorant  19

Great Blue Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  3

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  8

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  11

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Northern House Wren  1

European Starling  10

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  20

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  11

White-throated Sparrow  3

Savannah Sparrow  9

Song Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  2

Blue-winged Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  10

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331148899

Wompatuck, Scituate, Ferry Hill Thicket, Daniel Webster, Foothills Preserve, Manomet Point and Burrage Pond

103 species

https://ebird.org/tripreport/512722

Wright-Locke Farm, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 1, 2026 8:04 AM – 10:25 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.123 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Mbc bbc walk

32 species

Canada Goose  2

Wood Duck  4

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  2

Killdeer  6    2 adults with 3 chicks

Great Blue Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Phoebe  4

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  3

Tree Swallow  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1    Heard

Northern House Wren  1

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  5

House Sparrow  7

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  3

Red-winged Blackbird  8

Common Grackle  14

Black-and-white Warbler  3    Heard and seen

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331148924

Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 30, 2026 7:01 AM – 8:07 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.478 mile(s)

24 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  3

woodpecker sp.  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  5

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  2

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  X

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  11

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331158290

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 29, 2026 7:02 AM – 9:07 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.575 mile(s)

35 species

Mallard  2

Wild Turkey  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  3

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Great Horned Owl  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  4

Peregrine Falcon  1

Blue-headed Vireo  3

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  12

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  2

Northern House Wren  2

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  5

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  34

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  10

White-throated Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  10

Common Grackle  16

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Northern Parula  1

Palm Warbler  3

Yellow-rumped Warbler  5

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331158331