Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 28, 2026 6:32 AM – 8:52 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.495 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    46-53 degrees, sun finally came out about 7:50. Pretty quiet for late April.

25 species

Mourning Dove  2

American Herring Gull  4

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  3

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  12

Fish Crow  1

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  18

Tufted Titmouse  7

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  2

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  14

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  16

White-throated Sparrow  7

Song Sparrow  3

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Common Grackle  4

Northern Cardinal  10

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331158913

Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 28, 2026 6:00 AM – 7:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.8 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 5 participants

32 species

Wild Turkey  5

Mourning Dove  2

Common Loon  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  3

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  6

Tree Swallow  6

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Red-breasted Nuthatch  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Northern House Wren  2

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  4

American Goldfinch  8

Chipping Sparrow  5

Eastern Towhee  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  3

Ovenbird  3

Northern Waterthrush  2

Nashville Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  3

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  9

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331165567

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 27, 2026 6:58 AM – 9:14 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.479 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk, about 8 people

27 species

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  3

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  8

American Herring Gull  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  18

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  2

Northern House Wren  3    Different places, halcyon, dell, lantana path/Catholic cemetery

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  3

American Robin  51

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  7

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  11

Common Grackle  10

Palm Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331159031

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Apr 27, 2026 6:03 AM – 8:18 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson: cold start, warming as we walked, sunny. several new spring arrivals.

47 species

Canada Goose  24

Mute Swan  1

Wood Duck  4

Mallard  2

Bufflehead  4

Mourning Dove  8

Killdeer  1

Ring-billed Gull  4

Double-crested Cormorant  4

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  12

American Crow  8

Fish Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  10

Tufted Titmouse  8

Tree Swallow  7

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Barn Swallow (American)  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5

Gray Catbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  15

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  12

Chipping Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  14

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  10

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  10

Swamp Sparrow  5

Eastern Towhee  3

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  30

Brown-headed Cowbird  18

Rusty Blackbird  1

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  20

Northern Yellow Warbler  9

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  2

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  20

Northern Cardinal  6

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  4    All singing males.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331164907

Wompatuck SP (Plymouth Co.), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2026 5:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

5.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants

39 species

Canada Goose  11

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  2

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  6

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Phoebe  5

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  5

Fish Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  19

Tufted Titmouse  13

Tree Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  8

Red-breasted Nuthatch  4

Brown Creeper  6

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

Winter Wren  1

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  5

House Finch  2

Purple Finch (Eastern)  1

American Goldfinch  14

Chipping Sparrow  16

White-throated Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  8

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  7

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  10

Northern Waterthrush  2

Black-and-white Warbler  3

Pine Warbler  9

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  6

Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332127152

Foothills Preserve, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2026 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants

33 species

Canada Goose  1

Mallard  1

King Rail  1    large, rusty colored rail, back feather black center with pale tan/buff fringing

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Little Blue Heron  1    Bird had two noticeable plumes off back of head/top of neck, bill did not show noticeable two tone color (blackish tip), the chin was white with a little on the top of neck, head showed no purple or blue with reddish tone, legs and feet not seen.  Current ebird images do not show the individual seen-there are two showing this color plumage per reports.  Online images do not show LB w/plumes or white chin.

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey (American)  2

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  2

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  15

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3

Barn Swallow (American)  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  1

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  1

Field Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  15

Common Grackle  5

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332127167

Plymouth Airport, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2026 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants

8 species

Mourning Dove  2

Killdeer  1

American Kestrel  4

American Crow  1

European Starling  X

Eastern Bluebird  5

House Sparrow  X

Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332127183

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2026 6:49 AM – 9:14 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

33 species

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  5

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  10

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Blue-headed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Tufted Titmouse  3

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  6

European Starling  3

Gray Catbird  1

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  24

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  9

Dark-eyed Junco  2

White-throated Sparrow  11

Song Sparrow  6

Red-winged Blackbird  11

Brown-headed Cowbird  15

Common Grackle  13

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Palm Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  3

Yellow-rumped Warbler  6

Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332101383

Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2026 8:00 AM – 10:29 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.642 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC-Boston Nature Center Joint Bird Walk Part I: Millennium Park 4-26-26

Collaborative Mass Audubon and Brookline Bird Club walk, Correne George, Neil Calabro, and Mike McCarthy, co-leaders.

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Overcast clouds

Temperature: 47 – 53°F

Wind: Mostly calm – gentle breeze

Wind Direction: E – N

Cloud Cover: 100%

Humidity: 47 – 65%

Dew point: 33 – 36°F

Sunrise: 5:46am

Sunset: 7:37pm

Weather generated by <a href=”https://raincrow.app/”>RainCrow</a>

40 species

Canada Goose  1

Wood Duck  8

Mallard  7

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6

Mourning Dove  3

Virginia Rail  1    Kiddick-Kiddick calls from perimeter trail in Sawmill Creek backwater

Killdeer  2

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (American)  2

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  4

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  3

Fish Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  6

Barn Swallow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

European Starling  8

Northern Mockingbird  8

American Robin  10

House Sparrow  7

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  12

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  8

Brown-headed Cowbird  6

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  13

Northern Yellow Warbler  5

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331160484

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

Apr 26, 2026 7:27 AM – 12:10 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.471 mile(s)

48 species

Canada Goose  10

Wood Duck  6

Mallard  8

American Black Duck  2

Mourning Dove  13

Virginia Rail  3

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Egret  3

Great Blue Heron  2

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-tailed Hawk  3

Great Horned Owl  1

Barred Owl  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  3

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Phoebe  3    5 eggs

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  2

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  10

Tufted Titmouse  15

Tree Swallow  64

Barn Swallow  2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  9

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

Northern House Wren  2

Marsh Wren  3

Eastern Bluebird  4

American Robin  7

House Sparrow  10

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  4

White-throated Sparrow  8

Savannah Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow  5

Swamp Sparrow  14

Red-winged Blackbird  100

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  14

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Palm Warbler  7

Pine Warbler  5

Yellow-rumped Warbler  16

Northern Cardinal  9

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331159616

Franklin Park–Scarboro Pond, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2026 8:09 AM – 10:19 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.629 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Cloudy

Mid 40s – 50°

25 species

Canada Goose  7

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  3

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  3

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  4

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tree Swallow  3

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

European Starling  12

American Robin  16

House Sparrow  1

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  15

Common Grackle  2

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S327862814

Reading Town Forest, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 25, 2026 7:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.2 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Chilly, sunny, 42 degrees.  Led BBC walk

35 species

Canada Goose  6

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  4

Green-winged Teal  1

Ring-necked Duck  1

Mourning Dove  3

American Herring Gull  9

Great Blue Heron  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue-headed Vireo  1    My FOY

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  6

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Brown Creeper  4

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  4

American Goldfinch  6

Song Sparrow  3

Swamp Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  12

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  10

Palm Warbler  7

Pine Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331150353