Neponset River Trail, Boston US-MA 42.27112, -71.06472, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 18, 2026 8:45 AM – 11:20 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.857 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Cloudy, overcast

50°

31 species

Canada Goose  1

Mallard  1

Green-winged Teal  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7

Mourning Dove  2

American Herring Gull  2

Double-crested Cormorant  46

Snowy Egret  1

Great Egret  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  11

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  21

House Sparrow  13    1 carrying nesting material

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  20

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  32    1 carrying nesting material

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324193170

Bald Hill Conservation Area–Crooked Pond, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 18, 2026 8:03 AM – 10:10 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.741 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club spring walk to look for Louisiana waterthrushes.  We were unsuccessful, but had a run-in with a nice mixed flock near the parking area and got great looks at some species around the pond.

33 species

Canada Goose  3

Wood Duck  6    Maybe more

Mallard  4

Hooded Merganser  3

American Herring Gull  1    Flew over parking area

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  3

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1    Distant

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1    Backlit, way up in tree

Blue Jay  6

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  10

Tree Swallow  8

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1    Distant calling

Brown Creeper  4

Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  2

American Robin  2

House Finch  1    Heard from parking area

American Goldfinch  6

Song Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10

Common Grackle  3

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1    Up in tree, backlit

Pine Warbler  7

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  3

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324193312

Medford Condon Shell, Medford US-MA 42.41855, -71.11643, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 18, 2026 7:18 AM – 8:34 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.149 mile(s)

13 species

Canada Goose  20

Mute Swan  4

Mallard  6

American Herring Gull  6

Double-crested Cormorant  6

Great Blue Heron  2

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

American Robin  6

Dark-eyed Junco  1

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324192523

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 18, 2026 7:03 AM – 9:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.206 mile(s)

28 species

Mallard  5

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  4

American Herring Gull  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Sharp-shinned Hawk  2    !

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  11

American Crow  1

Tufted Titmouse  2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  7    Amazing views down low in Japanese Maple

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  3

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  32

Chipping Sparrow  11

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2

White-throated Sparrow  12

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Eastern Towhee  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  22

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324192562

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 17, 2026 6:30 AM – 8:01 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.013 mile(s)

28 species

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  5

Great Blue Heron  4

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  1

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  16

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  6

White-throated Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  6

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  2

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S325568647

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 16, 2026 6:30 AM – 8:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk at Mount Auburn Cemetery

37 species

Canada Goose  5

Mallard  2

Wild Turkey  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6

Mourning Dove  5

American Herring Gull  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  6

Downy Woodpecker  5

Northern Flicker  4

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  11

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  6

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5

Golden-crowned Kinglet  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  7

Hermit Thrush  2

American Robin  24

House Sparrow  5

House Finch  5

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  7

Dark-eyed Junco  8

White-throated Sparrow  7

Song Sparrow  7

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  7

Brown-headed Cowbird  8

Common Grackle  22

Palm Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S322470840

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown US-MA 42.37471, -71.14476, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 15, 2026 6:32 AM – 9:02 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.221 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk, 62 degrees, sunny, light breeze – perfect spring morning.  Many American Tree Toads at various ponds serenading  the group, one curious coyote checking us out, and 2 cotton tailed rabbits.

27 species

Canada Goose  4

Mallard  7

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  5

Great Blue Heron  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  4

Northern Flicker  2

Blue Jay  7

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4

Red-breasted Nuthatch  2

Hermit Thrush  2

American Robin  26

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  4

Dark-eyed Junco  7

White-throated Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Brown-headed Cowbird  5

Common Grackle  6

Palm Warbler  2

Pine Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324192157

Brooks Estate, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 15, 2026 8:34 AM – 10:25 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.959 mile(s)

26 species

Canada Goose  9

Mallard  1

Mourning Dove  1

Barred Owl  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  4

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  2

Fish Crow  1

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

American Robin  8

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco  2

White-throated Sparrow  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  4

Palm Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S322465372

Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 12, 2026 8:01 AM – 10:54 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.085 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    24

47 species

Canada Goose  13

Wood Duck  4

Mallard  2

American Black Duck  3

Green-winged Teal (American)  2

Common Merganser (North American)  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

Mourning Dove  8

Killdeer  1

Wilson’s Snipe  3    Sunning and preening in the sun  along shore opposite of the canoe launch

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4

Turkey Vulture  1

Bald Eagle  2    Adults, seen near Ruins Trail parking lot

Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group)  1    Immature in full soar over summit parking lot

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Belted Kingfisher  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  3

Fish Crow  7    Continuing flock

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  8

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1    seen near end of Ruins Trail heading in direction of high school

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  2

Northern Mockingbird  5

American Robin  5

House Sparrow  4

American Goldfinch  5

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  2

Swamp Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  1    Male, Ruins Trail

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  9

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  3

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S322465356

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

Apr 12, 2026 10:54 AM – 11:46 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.532 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    8

20 species

Canada Goose  3

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  4

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  8

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

House Finch  4

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Common Grackle  3

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S322465341

Horn Pond Recreation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 8, 2026 8:11 AM – 10:14 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.132 mile(s)

36 species

Canada Goose  8

Mute Swan  4

Mallard  12

Ring-necked Duck  2

Bufflehead  2    Taking a nap.

Hooded Merganser  2

Mourning Dove  3

Killdeer  1

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Blue Heron  3

Turkey Vulture  7

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  4

Black-capped Chickadee  13

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  20

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

European Starling  3

Brown Thrasher  1    Continuing. Yellow eye, long tail by 2 bridges

American Robin  6

Cedar Waxwing  6

American Goldfinch  5

Fox Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco  2

White-throated Sparrow  7

Song Sparrow  6

Swamp Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  1    Female, continuing at 2 bridges

Red-winged Blackbird  9

Common Grackle  8

Northern Cardinal  7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S325097468