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

Oct 11, 2025 7:16 AM – 11:05 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.437 mile(s)

40 species

Canada Goose  69

Mute Swan  1

Wood Duck  55

Mallard  8

American Black Duck  8

Sora  2

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Blue Heron  10

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Northern Harrier  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  9

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  13

American Crow  5

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  8

Golden-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  6

Red-breasted Nuthatch  5

Marsh Wren  1

Carolina Wren  1

Eastern Bluebird  16

American Robin  2

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  9

Dark-eyed Junco  1

White-throated Sparrow  7

Savannah Sparrow  9

Song Sparrow  15

Swamp Sparrow  10

Red-winged Blackbird  307

Common Grackle  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  19

Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279023427

Cold Spring Park, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 11, 2025 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.8 mile(s)

22 species

Mallard  1

Mourning Dove  3

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  8

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Carolina Wren  2

American Robin  50

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  1

White-throated Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  2

Swamp Sparrow  1

Rusty Blackbird  1

Common Grackle  4

Yellow-rumped Warbler  12

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279023417

Rock Meadow Conservation Area, Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 11, 2025 7:00 AM – 9:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC sparrow workshop field trip

24 species

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Carolina Wren  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  10

Cedar Waxwing  12

House Sparrow  X

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  30

White-throated Sparrow  25

Song Sparrow  15

Swamp Sparrow  1

Common Grackle  3

Blackburnian Warbler  1    perhaps my latest Blackburnian; this was so orange in the throat with broad white wing patch this had to be an adult male (?) which is extremely late.  Images were taken and hopefully will be attached.

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279191302

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 11, 2025 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC bird walk at Fresh Pond Big Day

29 species

Canada Goose  7

Mute Swan  2

Mallard  3

Ring-necked Duck  17

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4

Mourning Dove  3

Ring-billed Gull  1

American Herring Gull  4

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  9

Northern Flicker  4

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  13

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Tufted Titmouse  5

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  6

European Starling  5

American Robin  9

House Sparrow  5

American Goldfinch  11

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  7

Common Grackle  4

Yellow-rumped Warbler  6

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279192031

Arlington Reservoir, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 11, 2025 3:27 PM – 5:09 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.461 mile(s)

24 species

Canada Goose  9

Mallard  10

American Black Duck  2

Green-winged Teal  9

Mourning Dove  2

Killdeer  8

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Pectoral Sandpiper  2

Great Egret  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  3

Blue Jay  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  9

American Robin  15

House Sparrow  14

American Pipit  2

Purple Finch  1

Clay-colored Sparrow  1    adding a pic.

Savannah Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  3

Yellow-rumped Warbler  20

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279191078

Mystic River Reservation–Torbert Macdonald State Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 11, 2025 9:15 AM – 11:09 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.299 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club – Early Birders walk at Mystic River Reservation

~60 degrees, sunny

26 species

Canada Goose  20

Mute Swan  10

Mallard  4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  1

Ring-billed Gull  4

American Herring Gull  6

Double-crested Cormorant  4

Belted Kingfisher  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3    juvenile in a bare tree along the river path with dull brownish-gray appearance & visible white wing patch. other pair seen on Hobo Path on the other side of the river

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  6

Tufted Titmouse  1

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  20

Dark-eyed Junco  1

White-throated Sparrow  9

Song Sparrow  7

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2    seen on Hobo Path

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S297693384

Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Oct 9, 2025 7:31 AM – 8:49 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.508 mile(s)

25 species

Canada Goose  4    Flyover

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6

Mourning Dove  6

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue-headed Vireo  2    Chasing each other. Spotted by about 10 of us

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  12

Black-capped Chickadee  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  6

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  6

House Sparrow  X

House Finch  X

American Goldfinch  15

Dark-eyed Junco  1

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  1

Common Grackle  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S278228686

Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Oct 5, 2025 7:55 AM – 10:10 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Brook Farm Walk  10-5-25

33 species

Canada Goose  36

Wood Duck  10

Mallard  4

Mourning Dove  1

Sora  2    By third bridge

Great Blue Heron  2

Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group)  1    Heard near first Bridge

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  3

Pileated Woodpecker  1    Flew away, near print shop parking lot

Northern Flicker  1

American Kestrel  1

Blue Jay  12

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Carolina Wren  4

Gray Catbird  5

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  6

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  1

White-throated Sparrow  10

Song Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  2

Nashville Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277881634

Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Oct 5, 2025 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

17 species

Wood Duck  11

Mallard  2

American Black Duck  1

Downy Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  17

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Northern Mockingbird  4

American Goldfinch  1

Savannah Sparrow  6

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Common Grackle  8

Common Yellowthroat  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Dickcissel  1    Heard near First Bridge in purple asters

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277881630

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

Oct 5, 2025 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.75 mile(s)

14 species

Mallard  25

American Black Duck  6

Green-winged Teal  8    6 ducklings

Killdeer  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Belted Kingfisher  1

Common Raven  3    1 by itself 2 later

Black-capped Chickadee  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Common Grackle  15

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  10

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277881627

https://ebird.org/tripreport/420020

BBC/SSBC trip

A fun day for 19 birders beginning in Orleans at Putnam Conservation Area (the community gardens there) and ending at Forest Beach in Chatham. We had great weather, but not a flight day. We expected more diversity with warblers and shorebirds. The tide was opposite of what would have been optimal. I tallied 80 species and I am aware of another 7 which other participants encountered. 100, the target, was within possibility missing species like Blackpoll Warbler and Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers. Forest Beach had an earlier report from the day of Whimbrel & Marbled Godwit.

Highlights were Cory’s and Great Shearwaters, Gannet, 2 Sharp-shinned, 5 Cooper’s Hawks, 4 Oystercatchers, “Western” Willet(s) including one with a transmitter, feeding frenzy of 200 Laughing Gulls, Screech Owl at the Beech Forest, Sapsucker at WBWS, a flock of 90 Fish Crow at Lieutenant’s Island causeway, 5 Horned Lark, 14 American Pipit, a latish Yellow Warbler, Pine Warbler at WBWS, 5 “western” Palm Warbler, couple of flyover Bobolinks, Scarlet Tanager in Wellfleet, 2 Dickcissel, couple of Purple Finch.

Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Oct 2, 2025 7:37 AM – 8:36 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.417 mile(s)

21 species

Canada Goose  50

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  3

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  34

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  10

House Sparrow  1

House Finch  X

American Goldfinch  3

Song Sparrow  1

Common Grackle  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277490143