Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 22, 2026 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. Cold!

26 species

Canada Goose  5

Mallard  6

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  7

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Merlin  1    Perching at top of evergreen, high above Willow Pond

Blue-headed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3

Northern House Wren  1

European Starling  2

Hermit Thrush  2

American Robin  30

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  8

Dark-eyed Junco  6

White-throated Sparrow  8

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  6

Common Grackle  10

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S325568763

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 21, 2026 6:30 AM – 8:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk in Mount Auburn Cemetery

35 species

Canada Goose  5

Mallard  2

Wild Turkey  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5

Mourning Dove  4

American Herring Gull  3

Great Blue Heron  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  5

Northern Flicker  2

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  4

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  5

Northern House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  5

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  2

Hermit Thrush  4

American Robin  59

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  8

Dark-eyed Junco  3

White-throated Sparrow  11

Song Sparrow  8

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  8

Brown-headed Cowbird  5

Common Grackle  8

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S325148118

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

Apr 21, 2026 6:38 AM – 8:38 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.499 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brisk 34-45 degrees bright sun.

29 species

Mallard  1

Mourning Dove  3

American Herring Gull  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  7

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  9

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Carolina Wren  4

Hermit Thrush  4

American Robin  11

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  7

Dark-eyed Junco  1

White-throated Sparrow  25

Song Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  2

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  4

Palm Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  3

Yellow-rumped Warbler  3

Northern Cardinal  9

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S325568743

Mary Cummings Park (TTOR), Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 21, 2026 8:11 AM – 9:58 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.067 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Mbc bbc walk

25 species

Canada Goose  1

Mallard  1

Mourning Dove  2

Great Blue Heron  2

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  3

American Kestrel  4

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tree Swallow  7

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Hermit Thrush  2

American Robin  10

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  2

Dark-eyed Junco  1

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  3

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  8

Common Grackle  5

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S325049158

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 20, 2026 7:04 AM – 9:23 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.539 mile(s)

35 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  3

Mallard  2

Wild Turkey  4

Mourning Dove  4

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Osprey  1

Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)  1    Probably coopers

Red-tailed Hawk  3

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  9

Downy Woodpecker  5

Northern Flicker  5

Blue-headed Vireo  4

Blue Jay  9

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  14

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Red-breasted Nuthatch  3

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Northern House Wren  4    Exact count of birds from distinct locations

European Starling  3

Gray Catbird  1    By front gate are. Seen at very end of trip. All gray bird with dark cap and rusty undertail.

Hermit Thrush  2

American Robin  52

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  14

Dark-eyed Junco  10

White-throated Sparrow  17

Song Sparrow  4

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  7

Common Grackle  9

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324769556

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Apr 20, 2026 6:00 AM – 8:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson – cold start, frost. Clear skies and little windy.

53 species

Canada Goose  10

Mute Swan  5

Wood Duck  4

Blue-winged Teal  1    Popped up for a moment in marsh between Big and Little Chauncy.

Mallard  3

Bufflehead  18

Common Merganser (North American)  3

Mourning Dove  8

Virginia Rail  2    1 seen, 2 heard.

Ring-billed Gull  3

Pied-billed Grebe  2

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (American)  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Pileated Woodpecker  2    Pair

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  16

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  10

Tufted Titmouse  7

Tree Swallow  12

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Barn Swallow (American)  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Northern House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  3

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  25

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  2

American Tree Sparrow  1    Continueing late bird by Big Chauncy.

White-throated Sparrow  16

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  20

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  14

Swamp Sparrow  12

Eastern Towhee  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  30

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Rusty Blackbird  2

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  20

Common Yellowthroat  1    First of spring. Singing by Little Chauncy canoe launch.

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  12

Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324769565

Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 19, 2026 6:23 AM – 9:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.603 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk, Mike McCarthy leader.

32 species

Canada Goose  12

Wood Duck  10

Mallard  2

American Black Duck  1

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  4

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  2

Fish Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4

Northern House Wren (Northern)  1

Carolina Wren  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  14

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  2

White-throated Sparrow  12

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  7

Swamp Sparrow  5

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  18

Brown-headed Cowbird  8

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  12

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324194004

Arlington Reservoir, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 19, 2026 6:58 AM – 8:59 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.074 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    12 including leader. BBC walk, Menotomy BC too

33 species

Canada Goose  22

Mute Swan  2

Mallard  8

Green-winged Teal  5

Bufflehead  4

Mourning Dove  4

Killdeer  4

Great Blue Heron  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  5

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2

Barn Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  2

American Robin  26    Estimate

House Sparrow  10

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  9

Red-winged Blackbird  25    Estimate

Brown-headed Cowbird  6

Common Grackle  20    Estimate

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  30    Estimate, many here

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324769544

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 19, 2026 6:30 AM – 8:14 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.794 mile(s)

19 species

Mallard  2

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  2

Great Blue Heron  3    flyover

Downy Woodpecker  2

Blue Jay  5

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Gray Catbird  1    heard and seen in bushes near pond on halcyon ave

American Robin  10

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  5

Dark-eyed Junco  1

White-throated Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  5    female

Common Grackle  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324193731

Lost Pond Reservation, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 19, 2026 7:57 AM – 9:53 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.215 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk lead by Ben Peters

The four of us enjoyed a cool, misty morning along the mile+ of trails. An early stop by the pond platform was highlighted by a flyby Great Blue Heron and a pair of Barred Owl hooting from off in the woods. Further down the trail we encountered the first of many singing Ruby-crowned Kinglets, a flock of Palm Warblers, and a Red-bellied Woodpecker poking its head out of a nest cavity. An early Blue-headed Vireo put in an appearance along with many singing White-throated Sparrows and a skulky Hermit Thrush. On the grassy hill we watched a young Red-tailed Hawk be mobbed by several Blue Jays and Flickers, and had a Rusty Blackbird fly over. Finally after some scrambling up the rocky hill we were treated to a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker before closing out with a (slightly wet) walk back to the entrance.

30 species

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  3

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Barred Owl  2    Pair hooting together from the woods near the pond

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1    Somehow a first for the reservation? Female calling in the woods near the top of the rocky hill behind the transfer station

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

European Starling  3

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  9

American Goldfinch  3

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2

White-throated Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  5

Red-winged Blackbird  12

Rusty Blackbird  1    Flyover seen from the grassy hill, calling. Landed near the top of a distant tree for a minute before dropping down into the woods

Common Grackle  4

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  4

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324193977