Barrett’s Mill Farmland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 23, 2025 7:42 AM – 10:21 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.4 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club-Barrett’s Mill- Leader: Kathy Dia- partly cloudy upper 40’s to 60 F.

38 species

Canada Goose  120

Mourning Dove  23

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1    Seen after the walk. Adult.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Blue Jay  14

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  7

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  11

Hermit Thrush  1    Alarm call

American Robin  9

House Sparrow  29

American Pipit  22    Flock closer after walk

House Finch  50

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  7

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  4

White-throated Sparrow  22

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  20

Song Sparrow  16

Lincoln’s Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  100

Brown-headed Cowbird  16

Common Grackle  15

Nashville Warbler  2    Together in a tree

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  8

Northern Cardinal  6

Indigo Bunting  1    Fall plumage

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280993065

Bartlett Pond, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Oct 19, 2025 7:22 AM – 7:52 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA- Leader Nick Paulson – 2 participants – leg 1.

16 species

Canada Goose  6

Mute Swan  1

Mallard  7

Green-winged Teal (American)  5

Ring-necked Duck  2

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  6

Rusty Blackbird  4

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280413192

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Oct 19, 2025 7:50 AM – 10:25 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.8 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA- Leader Nick Paulson- 2 participants – leg 2 – lots of blackbird flocks flying around. Several bigger groups of sparrows.

41 species

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  14

Mourning Dove  4

Pectoral Sandpiper  6

Ring-billed Gull  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Blue Jay  25

American Crow  35

Black-capped Chickadee  10

Tufted Titmouse  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4

Carolina Wren  3

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  6

Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  1

American Robin  30

American Pipit  2

House Finch  12

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  10

Field Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  8

White-throated Sparrow  75

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  12

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  15

Lincoln’s Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  30

Eastern Towhee  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  800

Rusty Blackbird  7

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  1200

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  25

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280413188

Wayne MacCallum Wildlife Management Area, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Oct 19, 2025 10:50 AM – 12:15 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson- 5 participants – leg 3. Warm and quiet, but pleasant walk.

25 species

Mallard  6

Mourning Dove  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  12

American Crow  2

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Eastern Bluebird  7

American Robin  4

House Finch  1

White-throated Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6

Lincoln’s Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  25

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  200

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  5

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280413184

Belle Isle Cemetery and Winthrop Compost Dump, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Oct 19, 2025 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

27 species

Canada Goose  4

Mallard  3

American Black Duck  3

White-winged Scoter  1

Bonaparte’s Gull  1

Double-crested Cormorant  145    Multiple flocks heading towards airport

Great Egret  6

Great Blue Heron  2

Cooper’s Hawk  4

Northern Harrier  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1    Member of group observed crescents on wings

Downy Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  26    Hanging around a nest box in meadow across the channel; also over the key and cemetery

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

Carolina Wren  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  4

House Finch  3

Savannah Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  6

Swamp Sparrow  5

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280993047

Winthrop Beach and Five Sisters, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Oct 19, 2025 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Bird Walk

10 species

Common Eider  6

American Oystercatcher  1

Semipalmated Plover  1

American Herring Gull  25

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Common Loon  6

Double-crested Cormorant  35

Horned Lark  10    Scurrying In wrack line by water

Lapland Longspur  1    Hanging with Horned larks in front of 2nd sister from left in rack line

Savannah Sparrow  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280993038

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 19, 2025 8:01 AM – 10:17 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.238 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – clear, light breeze, 50s

18 species

Canada Goose  2

Common Eider  2

Black Scoter  6

American Herring Gull  33    Flock on water in quarry

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Northern Gannet  4

Double-crested Cormorant  7

Blue Jay  9

American Crow  2    Heard only

Black-capped Chickadee  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  1    Heard only

Cedar Waxwing  6

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  1

Dark-eyed Junco  3

Song Sparrow  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286920349

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 18, 2025 7:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Protocol: Traveling

6.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Hellcat at Parker River NWR. Leader Nick Paulson. Cold start but low wind. Warming as the day went. Dike was closed and duck hunting along dike. So we scanned from the dike and hiked all of the Hellcat trails. After we checked the Pines, Lot 5 and the Main Pannes.

63 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  25

Gadwall  7

American Wigeon  3

Mallard  4

American Black Duck  50

Northern Pintail  20

Green-winged Teal (American)  125

Greater Scaup  1

Surf Scoter  2

White-winged Scoter  100

Black Scoter  100

scoter sp.  250

Mourning Dove  1

Black-bellied Plover  17

Semipalmated Plover  30

Long-billed Dowitcher  2    Across main pannes

American Woodcock  1    Flushed out from under boardwalk.

Greater Yellowlegs  28

Sanderling  40

Dunlin  100

White-rumped Sandpiper  5

Semipalmated Sandpiper  10

Razorbill  1    Lot 5

Ring-billed Gull  50

American Herring Gull  200

Great Black-backed Gull  5

gull sp.  500

Red-throated Loon  5

Common Loon  2

Northern Gannet  18

Double-crested Cormorant  180

Snowy Egret  2

Great Egret  6

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4

Northern Harrier  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1    Hellcat

Blue Jay  20

American Crow  2

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  10

Tree Swallow  8

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

Golden-crowned Kinglet  5

Red-breasted Nuthatch  16

Northern Mockingbird  1

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  75

Cedar Waxwing  4

American Pipit  2

House Finch  10

American Goldfinch  5

White-throated Sparrow  25

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1

Song Sparrow  24

Eastern Towhee  1

Eastern Meadowlark  1    Heard from hellcat dike.

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Nashville Warbler  1    Flew over at hellcat parking lot.

Palm Warbler (Western)  1    Hellcat by tower.

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  40

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280339477

Arlington Reservoir, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 18, 2025 7:21 AM – 9:26 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.433 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC and Menotomy bird club about 12 of us. 

Thought I saw a peregrine but not certain.

29 species

Canada Goose  20

Mute Swan  2

Mallard  14

American Black Duck  4

Green-winged Teal  13

Ruddy Duck  3

Mourning Dove  8

Killdeer  17

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  6

House Sparrow  15

American Pipit  4

House Finch  12

American Goldfinch  5

Dark-eyed Junco  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280339472

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

Oct 18, 2025 7:30 AM – 9:41 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.9 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Sunny, crisp, 35F at start – 49F at finish.  Nothing dramatic, but beautiful and plentiful sparrows, robins and blue jays.

27 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  2    F-O

Cooper’s Hawk  1    In tree near wood’s exit in front of Alcott House section.

hawk sp.  1    Brief glimpse near looking out from woods below Pergolas site of large raptor/vulture soaring out of sight and view blocked by trees.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  3

Blue Jay  16

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  19

Tufted Titmouse  14

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  1

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  6

American Robin  19

Cedar Waxwing  2

House Finch  8

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  2

Dark-eyed Junco  8

White-throated Sparrow  17

Savannah Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  12

Swamp Sparrow  5

new world sparrow sp.  17    Approximate estimate of the many sparrow we saw at the New Meadow and at the meadow exiting the woods near Alcott House and meadow across from exit.  Rapidly moving sparrows that dropped out of site.

Yellow-rumped Warbler  4

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280339484

Nahanton Park, Newton US-MA 42.30124, -71.20824, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 18, 2025 8:04 AM – 11:17 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.752 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk – beautiful sunny fall day, deep blue sky, almost cloudless.  45 degrees at start; 55 at the end.  Walk was notable for very few birds.  But a good time had by all.

24 species

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  3

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  15

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  2

Dark-eyed Junco  4

White-throated Sparrow  17

Savannah Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  12

Lincoln’s Sparrow  2

Swamp Sparrow  7

Common Grackle  3

Northern Cardinal  5

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280413194

Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Oct 12, 2025 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

26 species

Canada Goose  3

Wood Duck  4

Gadwall  2    Spotted from dog beach

Mallard  4

American Black Duck  2

Mourning Dove  3

Killdeer  3

Common Loon  4

Great Blue Heron  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  24

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  1

American Goldfinch  3

Field Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Orange-crowned Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279013360

Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Oct 12, 2025 9:35 AM – 10:05 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

7 species

Canada Goose  6

Wood Duck  8

Mallard  8

Great Blue Heron  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  3

White-throated Sparrow  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279013350

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

Oct 12, 2025 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

18 species

Canada Goose  8

Wood Duck  6

Mallard  5

American Black Duck  1

Green-winged Teal  10

Killdeer  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Blue Jay  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

European Starling  30

Northern Mockingbird  1

Dark-eyed Junco  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Rusty Blackbird  12    Seen from island in swamp

Common Grackle  30

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279013340

Horn Pond Recreation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 12, 2025 8:03 AM – 10:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.132 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Mbc walk

40 species

Canada Goose  13

Mute Swan  6

Mallard  36

Hooded Merganser  1

Mourning Dove  5

Killdeer  7

Wilson’s Snipe  1

Ring-billed Gull  4

Double-crested Cormorant  6

Osprey  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Brown Creeper  1

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  23

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  10

House Sparrow  36

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  5

White-crowned Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  5

Lincoln’s Sparrow  2

Swamp Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  2

Nashville Warbler  1    Seen by Lorna

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  6

Dickcissel  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279013390