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

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 7, 2026 6:30 AM – 8:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Bird Walk Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA

30 species

Canada Goose  37

Mallard  7

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5

Mourning Dove  2

American Herring Gull  5

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  4

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Phoebe  3

Blue Jay  9

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  5

Tree Swallow  1

Golden-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

European Starling  6

Hermit Thrush  2

American Robin  41

House Sparrow  8

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  8

Red-winged Blackbird  9

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  8

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S318435518

Lynnfield Marsh–Partridge Island Trail, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 6, 2026 6:01 PM – 7:42 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.317 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC LYNNFIELD MARSH TRIP Leader: Melissa Sovay 

A  chilly  evening at the Lynnfield Marsh / Reedy Meadows along the Partridge island trail, Peepers. Happy to have several folks join in and brave the elements on this yearly walk.

15 species

Canada Goose  3

Wood Duck  8

Mallard  10

Mourning Dove  3

Virginia Rail  4

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  2

European Starling  4

American Robin  55

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Swamp Sparrow  8

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  35

Rusty Blackbird  1

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  26

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S318435524

Bartlett Pond, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Apr 4, 2026 7:00 AM – 7:22 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – leader Nick Paulson: starting location. Warm sunny start. 7 participants to start.

31 species

Canada Goose  2

Mute Swan  1

Wood Duck  7

Mallard  3

American Black Duck  4

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  1

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (American)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

American Kestrel  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  8

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  5

Tree Swallow  8

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  5

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  3

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  25

Rusty Blackbird  10

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  20

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S318435500

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Apr 4, 2026 7:30 AM – 10:20 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.75 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – leader Nick Paulson: 2nd location. Warm sunny start. 8 participants.

45 species

Canada Goose  40

Mute Swan  6

Wood Duck  3

Mallard  6

Ring-necked Duck  5

Bufflehead  25

Common Merganser (North American)  6

Mourning Dove  5

Ring-billed Gull  40

American Herring Gull  1

Pied-billed Grebe  5

Turkey Vulture  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group)  2

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  6

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  7

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  8

American Kestrel  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  12

American Crow  9

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  12

Tufted Titmouse  20

Tree Swallow  12

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  8

Brown Creeper  7    Many singing and calling in woods behind swamp.

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  10

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  25

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  21

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  10

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  25

Swamp Sparrow  5

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  70

Brown-headed Cowbird  10

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  50

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  3

Pine Warbler  8

Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S318435541

Northboro/Westboro Forbush Bird Club trip, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Apr 4, 2026 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

4.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – leader Nick Paulson: birds seen and heard driving from location to location. 7 participants.

26 species

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  4

Ring-billed Gull  40

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  5

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  8

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  6

American Goldfinch  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  12

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  10

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S318435539

Wayne MacCallum Wildlife Management Area, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Apr 4, 2026 10:50 AM – 12:50 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – leader Nick Paulson: third location. Cooling and becoming cloudy and windy as we hiked. 5 participants.

32 species

Canada Goose  2

Wood Duck  3

Green-winged Teal (American)  1

Ring-necked Duck  7

Hooded Merganser  3

Mourning Dove  3

Turkey Vulture  2

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  6

American Kestrel  2

Eastern Phoebe  3

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  10

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  6

Tree Swallow  40

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  8

American Robin  20

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  8

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  30

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  20

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S318435537

Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 4, 2026 8:07 AM – 10:10 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.81 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk

34 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  3

Mute Swan  1

Mallard  8

Mourning Dove  8

Killdeer  2

Great Blue Heron  1    Seen when walking back from the high school.

Red-shouldered Hawk  1    Continuing. Seen near Canoe Launch parking lot.

Red-tailed Hawk  2

hawk sp.  1

Belted Kingfisher  1    Heard when walking back along Sawmill Brook from the high school.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  8

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  4

Fish Crow  3    Well heard by Charles River

American/Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

European Starling  8

Northern Mockingbird  6

American Robin  11

House Sparrow  1

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  3

White-throated Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  5    seen on hillside facing the DPW facilities

Song Sparrow  9

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  7

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1    seen on trail paralleling railroad tracks

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S318435528

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

Apr 4, 2026 10:14 AM – 11:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.394 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk.

Possible palm warbler.

21 species

Canada Goose  5

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  3

Mallard  6

Hooded Merganser  1

Bald Eagle  1

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tree Swallow  6

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  3

American Robin  1

American Tree Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco  1

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  4

Red-winged Blackbird  6

Common Grackle  10

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S318435532

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

Apr 4, 2026 6:50 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.2 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Became sunny.  54F but breezy with a windchill.

34 species

Mourning Dove  3

Turkey Vulture  7

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Bald Eagle  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Belted Kingfisher  1    Seen and heard; F-O at the parking lot at end.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

American Kestrel  2    Pair near museum.

Eastern Phoebe  8    Possibly more

Blue Jay  9    Probably more

American Crow  4

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  1    One seen by a few of us above the gifts shop building on arrival.

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Red-breasted Nuthatch  3    In the woods on lower trail between New Meadow and the Alcott House trailhead.

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  6

American Robin  30    Conservative count.  Seemed to be everywhere.

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  1    1 Chipping Sparrow heard in woods upper canopy.  Other sighting noted in Boxborough indicating return.

Fox Sparrow  1    Heard very clearly by almost all of us as we approached New Meadow.  Confirmed by Merlin.  Could not find it.

Song Sparrow  5

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  1    F-O

Pine Warbler  7

Northern Cardinal  3    All males

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S316816411

Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Mar 29, 2026 8:02 AM – 9:29 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.781 mile(s)

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

34 species

Canada Goose  3

Wood Duck  8

Mallard  6

American Black Duck  4

Mourning Dove  3

Turkey Vulture  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5

Pileated Woodpecker  1    Heard near feeders in woods by cemeteries

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1    Drumming

Eastern Phoebe  3

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  3

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  1    Over the large vernal pool near trailhead by cemetery

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4

Brown Creeper  1

Carolina Wren  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  4

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  4

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  3

White-throated Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  7

Rusty Blackbird  6    In the swamp along the Blue Heron Trail

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  3

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S315074054

Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Mar 29, 2026 9:30 AM – 11:17 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.348 mile(s)

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

30 species

Canada Goose  8

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  6

American Black Duck  2

Green-winged Teal (American)  2

Killdeer  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Turkey Vulture  2

Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group)  1    Calling loudly Ruins Trail

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1    Immature

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3    Drumming

American Kestrel  1    Male

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  5

Fish Crow  8    Continuing flock

Black-capped Chickadee  4

European Starling  8

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  11

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  5

Fox Sparrow (Red)  2

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2

Savannah Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  13

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  15

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  3

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S315074072

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

Mar 29, 2026 11:17 AM – 11:56 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.336 mile(s)

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

22 species

Canada Goose  4

Mute Swan  2

Mallard  4

American Black Duck  1

Ring-necked Duck  1    Drake

Hooded Merganser  4    Hens

Mourning Dove  2

Killdeer  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Carolina Wren  1

Northern Mockingbird  4

American Robin  12

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  4

American Tree Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S315074063

Fowl Meadow, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

Mar 29, 2026 6:30 PM – 8:20 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

8 species

Canada Goose  2

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  3

American Woodcock  3    1 on trail,1 flew by, and one did a not very impressive flight, but flew over us.

Barred Owl  1    heard in the distance.

American Robin  5

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Common Grackle  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S322465144

BHI–Deer Island, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Mar 28, 2026 7:58 AM – 11:01 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.656 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk 8 people including leader

29 species (+2 other taxa)

Brant  103

Mallard  4

Greater Scaup  12

Common Eider  530    Just estimate

Surf Scoter  32

White-winged Scoter  2

Black Scoter  61    Normal for this location

Long-tailed Duck  8

Bufflehead  12

Common Goldeneye  9

Red-breasted Merganser  21

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  2

American Oystercatcher  2

Ring-billed Gull  53

American Herring Gull  345

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Iceland Gull  3    Pics coming. One adult, 2 first year

gull sp.  100    rough guess

Horned Grebe  1

Common Loon  8

European Starling  8

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  1

House Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  6

new world sparrow sp.  1

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  15

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S314252407