Charles River Esplanade, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Sep 16, 2026 7:03 AM – 8:44 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.122 mile(s)

20 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  8

Mallard  76

American Black Duck  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8

Ring-billed Gull  3

American Herring Gull  50

Double-crested Cormorant  6

Great Blue Heron  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Bald Eagle  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  1

European Starling  30

House Sparrow  25

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  5

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

new world warbler sp.  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S394192371

Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 15, 2026 7:23 AM – 9:55 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.999 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip. Cool , low 50’s, sunny and not wind.

33 species

Canada Goose  26

Mute Swan  1

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  4

Mourning Dove  1

Great Egret  1

Great Blue Heron  8

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Northern Harrier  2

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  1

American Kestrel  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  3

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  10

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  8

Marsh Wren  2

Carolina Wren  2

Gray Catbird  5

American Goldfinch  9

Song Sparrow  5

Swamp Sparrow  4

Bobolink  2

Red-winged Blackbird  175

Common Yellowthroat  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S394192351

Plum Island–Parker River NWR & Sandy Pt. State Reservation, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 15, 2026 7:16 AM – 11:18 AM

Protocol: Traveling

6.595 mile(s)

42 species (+3 other taxa)

Mute Swan  2

Mallard  40

American Black Duck  30

Green-winged Teal  25

Common Eider  6

Common Nighthawk  1

Black-bellied Plover  3

American Golden-Plover  1

Semipalmated Plover  1

Hudsonian Whimbrel  1

Spotted Sandpiper  2

Lesser Yellowlegs  3

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs  4

Ruddy Turnstone  3

Sanderling  8

Least Sandpiper  6

Ring-billed Gull  1

Double-crested Cormorant  39

Snowy Egret  25

Great Egret  15

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  1

Northern Harrier  2

Northern Flicker  1

Merlin  3

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Phoebe  3

new world flycatcher sp.  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  8

Black-capped Chickadee  10

Tree Swallow  25

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Gray Catbird  14

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  8

Cedar Waxwing  4

American Goldfinch  3

Song Sparrow  4

Eastern Towhee  7

Bay-breasted Warbler  1

new world warbler sp.  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S394192365

Cold Spring Park, Newton US-MA 42.33057, -71.21200, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 12, 2026 7:56 AM – 9:21 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.035 mile(s)

15 species

Osprey  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  10

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  5

American Robin  1

American Goldfinch  5

Common Grackle  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S392683838

Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Sep 12, 2026 7:00 AM – 9:20 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.7 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Sunny.  48F at start. Calm and no wind.  Extremely quiet and some common species either not seen or nor heard (with certainty).

29 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  56

Mourning Dove  3

Double-crested Cormorant  2    Flyover

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  3

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  15

American Crow  9

Black-capped Chickadee  9

Tufted Titmouse  6

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Red-breasted Nuthatch  5

Brown Creeper  1

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  35    Conservative count

Gray Catbird  10

Northern Mockingbird  1

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  21    Probably conservative count

Cedar Waxwing  15    Flyover

House Finch  1

Chipping Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  2

Common Yellowthroat  1

Magnolia Warbler  1    Female

Pine Warbler  1

new world warbler sp.  8    Perhaps more.  Brief sightings low to bushes or in low canopy and could not positively identify.

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1    Immature male.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S392683842

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 6, 2026 8:02 AM – 11:12 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.23 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Mt. Auburn Walk Co-Led by Michael McCarthy & Neil Calabro

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Broken clouds

Temperature: 60 – 65°F

Wind: Mostly calm – gentle breeze

Wind Direction: NW – N

Cloud Cover: 63 – 84%

Humidity: 72 – 93%

Dew point: 56 – 58°F

Sunrise: 6:15am

Sunset: 7:11pm

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

46 species (+1 other taxa)

Wild Turkey  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  14

Common Nighthawk  1

Eastern Whip-poor-will  1    Calling several times from the ground along the slope paths between the Washington Tower and the Dell.

Chimney Swift  1

American Herring Gull  9    Soaring in a kettle

Green Heron  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (American)  2

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Bald Eagle  1    Adult

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  3    Adult and two juveniles

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  8

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Empidonax sp.  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  1

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  25

Gray Catbird  7

American Robin  148

House Sparrow  5

House Finch  6

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Baltimore Oriole  1    Male

Ovenbird  1

Blue-winged Warbler  1

Black-and-white Warbler  3

Common Yellowthroat  4

American Redstart  6

Magnolia Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  2    Together in a paper birch

Chestnut-sided Warbler  2    Seen in the elms from the Washington Tower

Wilson’s Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S391041282

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

Sep 5, 2026 6:15 AM – 10:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 10 participants

38 species

Canada Goose  1

Wood Duck  1    male, eclipse

Mallard  3

Wild Turkey  3

Mourning Dove  5

Least Sandpiper  1    juv on bar in pond

Double-crested Cormorant  6

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Eastern Screech-Owl  3    2 @ cemetery; 1 @ trees between Pond & Secret trails

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker  4

Eastern Phoebe  4

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  7

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  7

Tree Swallow  0    stunning, NO swallows!

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  6

Northern House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  50

Gray Catbird  33

Northern Mockingbird  8

American Robin  10

Cedar Waxwing  10

House Sparrow  X

House Finch  10

American Goldfinch  8

Song Sparrow  3

Bobolink  2

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Common Grackle  4

Common Yellowthroat  3

Northern Cardinal  7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S390418757

Plum Island–Parker River NWR & Sandy Pt. State Reservation, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 30, 2026 9:30 AM – 1:50 PM

Protocol: Traveling

6.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Plum Island – Leader Nick Paulson

56 species (+2 other taxa)

Mute Swan  6

Gadwall  4

Mallard  10

Green-winged Teal  7

Mourning Dove  6

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Black-bellied Plover  2

Killdeer  4

Semipalmated Plover  100

Short-billed Dowitcher  2

Spotted Sandpiper  2

Greater Yellowlegs  35

Red Knot  7

Buff-breasted Sandpiper  5    1 at the pannes. Landed for less than a second and flew off. 4 at Bill Forward Pool from Hellcat Dike.

Sanderling  5

Least Sandpiper  20

Semipalmated Sandpiper  50

peep sp.  25

Laughing Gull  3

Ring-billed Gull  1

American Herring Gull  50

Great Black-backed Gull  8

Common Tern  1

Double-crested Cormorant  20

Snowy Egret  5

Great Egret  20

Great Blue Heron  2

Turkey Vulture  5

Osprey  3

Northern Harrier  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Empidonax sp.  1    Trail’s

Eastern Kingbird  20

Red-eyed Vireo  4

Blue Jay  12

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  12

Tree Swallow  4000

Barn Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  12

Gray Catbird  15

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  12

Cedar Waxwing  50

House Finch  2

Purple Finch  5

American Goldfinch  16

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  6

Baltimore Oriole  1

Common Grackle  2

Common Yellowthroat  1

Blackpoll Warbler  2    A little early. Lemony yellow birds, dark wings with 2 white wing bars. White undertail coverts. More streaky sides of breast than Bay-breasted. One along hellcat trail, one by the road at hellcat.

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S398063922

Belle Isle Marsh–John Joseph Kilmartin Pathway, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 30, 2026 8:06 AM – 10:03 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.697 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Collaborative Mass Audubon and Brookline Bird Club walk. Neil Calabro, Sam Harris, and Mike McCarthy, co-leaders.

37 species

American Black Duck  5

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Chimney Swift  3

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Killdeer  3

Semipalmated Plover  8

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Greater Yellowlegs  9

Least Sandpiper  13

Semipalmated Sandpiper  20

Laughing Gull  1

American Herring Gull  5

Double-crested Cormorant  21

Snowy Egret  5

Great Egret  6

Great Blue Heron  2

Osprey (American)  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1    Juvenile

Northern Harrier  1    Juvenile

Red-shouldered Hawk  1    Juvenile

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1    Juvenile

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Peregrine Falcon (North American)  2    Immature carrying a pigeon, and plucking it. Adult consuming a shorebird.

Blue Jay  4

Tree Swallow  28

Barn Swallow (American)  4

European Starling  9

Gray Catbird  5

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  3

Cedar Waxwing  3

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  5

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S389355143

Short Beach, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 30, 2026 10:04 AM – 10:52 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    Collaborative Mass Audubon and Brookline Bird Club walk. Neil Calabro, Sam Harris, and Mike McCarthy, co-leaders.

17 species

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  100    Estimated

White-winged Scoter  2    Two drakes

Black Scoter  2    Two drakes

Mourning Dove  2

American Oystercatcher  1

Semipalmated Plover  1

Ruddy Turnstone  3

Bonaparte’s Gull  2

Laughing Gull  12

Ring-billed Gull  2

American Herring Gull  30

Least Tern  2    Flying over toward Nahant

Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana)  25

Wilson’s Storm-Petrel  1    East of Nahant

Osprey (American)  2

Belted Kingfisher  1

American Crow  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S389355150

Belle Isle Marsh–John Joseph Kilmartin Pathway, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 30, 2026 11:00 AM – 12:04 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.07 kilometer(s)

Checklist Comments:    Rising Mid Tide

Joint BBC/BNC Walk 

Leaders: Samuel Harris & Neil Calabro

25 species (+3 other taxa)

Canada Goose  5    Gaggle foraging in N Pannes of Belle Isle till they flew above RPM’s Fitness Parking Lot.

American Black Duck  5    Female with 4 Ducklings

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  20

Hudsonian Whimbrel  1    **Scarce Migrant. After the CATEs had passed overhead, this medium-sized all-striated brown shorebird with a lengthy black decurved bill appeared & landed into the grasses along the Creek. We hoped it would reappear, but nothing. NO white present, so not Eurasian. Incredibly fast, too fast for my shutter speed.

Spotted Sandpiper  1

peep sp.  1    Landed into Belle Isle Pannes

Laughing Gull  1    Molting Adult headed SW above Creek with CATEs

American Herring Gull  2

Caspian Tern  2    *Early. Adults spotted following a LAGU above the Creek towards Saratoga St Bridge. Overall, their large size, even larger than the LAGU, bright red thick bills, black caps, gray upperbodies, black underprimaries, and white underbody & forked tails diagnostic.

tern sp.  1    Far smaller than LAGU & CATEs it was chasing. Looked like a COTE.

Double-crested Cormorant  4

Snowy Egret  2

Great Egret  12

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (American)  1

Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group)  1    *Continuing Juvenile seen this morning. Circling overhead at (42.388291,-70.982760) showing slender body, brown striated chest, pale underprimary crescents, and long banded tail. Unlike RTHA’s chest band & short banded tail.

Eastern Phoebe  3

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  1

Barn Swallow (American)  1

Carolina Wren  1    Chattering by Gym

European Starling  20    Estimated

Gray Catbird  3

American Robin  6

House Sparrow  15    Flock at Parking Lot

American Goldfinch  2

Northern Cardinal  1

passerine sp.  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S389355154

Frances A. Crane WMA, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US

Aug 26, 2026 8:20 AM – 9:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip led by David Scott. First part of trip to look for nearby Swallow-tailed Kites. Birds weren’t very active, but we still found a few good ones

18 species

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Turkey Vulture  6

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Northern Flicker  1

American Kestrel  1

Eastern Phoebe  3

American Crow  8

Black-capped Chickadee  1    Heard

Tree Swallow  30

Barn Swallow  2

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Goldfinch  2

Grasshopper Sparrow  1

Field Sparrow  3

Savannah Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  2

Eastern Meadowlark  1

Prairie Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S387466870

4463 Falmouth Road, Kite stakeout, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US

Aug 26, 2026 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip led by David Scott. Swallow-tailed Kites! Brief but rewarding looks at two birds flying past

6 species

Osprey  1    Distant, high

Swallow-tailed Kite  2    Continuing birds. Spectacular black and white raptors with forked-tails. One circling quite high when we arrived, then later two birds flew past much lower, with one circling near the trees

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

American Crow  3

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S387466864