Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Sep 29, 2025 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson : cool start warming, humid, clear. Fog on water. Quiet except in pockets. More sparrows than warblers.

47 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  3

Mute Swan  1

Mallard  5

Mourning Dove  20

Ring-billed Gull  12

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Pileated Woodpecker  1    Called distantly

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Merlin  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1    Obstructed view. But larger flycatcher with grayish throat.

Warbling Vireo  1    Late. Singing as we were leaving at edge of parking lot.

Red-eyed Vireo  8

Blue Jay  24

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  20

Tufted Titmouse  6

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren (Northern)  3

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  25

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  4

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  14

Cedar Waxwing  3

House Finch  7

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  20

White-throated Sparrow  15

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  8

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  18

Swamp Sparrow  40    Most common Sparrow. A couple large groups in corn fields.

Eastern Towhee  15

new world sparrow sp.  12    Thought I heard a few Lincoln’s, but never saw them very well.

Bobolink  5

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  20

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2

Common Yellowthroat  2

Pine Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  3

new world warbler sp.  1    Probably CT Warbler calling. Picked up by merlin.

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277490138

Winthrop Greenway, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Sep 28, 2025 8:00 AM – 11:40 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC-BNC Trip List 9-28-25

38 species

Canada Goose  4

American Black Duck  4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  14

Mourning Dove  7

Sora  1

Willet  2    Sighted by the Key

Greater Yellowlegs  3

Laughing Gull  1

Ring-billed Gull  5

American Herring Gull  8

Double-crested Cormorant  16

Snowy Egret  12

Great Egret  24

Great Blue Heron  8

Osprey  4

Cooper’s Hawk  4

Barred Owl  1

Belted Kingfisher  2

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  4

Tree Swallow  22

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  8

Gray Catbird  6

Brown Thrasher  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

House Finch  8

American Goldfinch  1

Saltmarsh Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  8

Song Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  3

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277490128

Short Beach, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Sep 28, 2025 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    BBC-BNC Trip List 9-28-25

8 species

Common Eider  80

White-winged Scoter  1

American Oystercatcher  1

Caspian Tern  1    Big tern seen fishing

Common Loon  4

Osprey  4

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277490125

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

Sep 27, 2025 8:06 AM – 10:16 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.018 mile(s)

36 species

Canada Goose  2

Mourning Dove  1

Osprey  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Northern Harrier  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  6

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  3

Eastern Phoebe  5

Blue-headed Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  14

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1    Back of gardens..big surprise

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  14

Northern Mockingbird  2

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  27

Cedar Waxwing  21

House Sparrow  7

House Finch  6

American Goldfinch  34

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  7

Lincoln’s Sparrow  1

Nashville Warbler  1

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  5

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S276075460

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 27, 2025 9:17 AM – 10:49 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.793 mile(s)

17 species

Mourning Dove  2

Double-crested Cormorant  28

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  10

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  6

Gray Catbird  3

American Robin  7

House Finch  2

White-throated Sparrow  4

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S276075458

Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Sep 25, 2025 7:18 AM – 7:46 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.26 mile(s)

9 species

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5

Downy Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  3

Carolina Wren  1

House Sparrow  X

American Goldfinch  4

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  1

American Redstart  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286918841

North Point Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 23, 2025 7:00 AM – 7:59 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.65 kilometer(s)

Checklist Comments:    Walk for the Brookline Bird Club.

17 species

Canada Goose  20

Mallard  3

American Black Duck  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  30

Ring-billed Gull  4

American Herring Gull  3

Double-crested Cormorant  12

Downy Woodpecker  4

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  3

European Starling  25

Gray Catbird  6

American Robin  15

House Sparrow  15

American Goldfinch  5

Song Sparrow  4

Common Yellowthroat  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S275306346

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Sep 22, 2025 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson. Foggy to start, cool but warming. Focused on CT Warbler habitat first with no luck. Had a few good mixed flocks and good mix of early sparrows.

46 species (+2 other taxa)

Wood Duck  9

Mallard  4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  6

Killdeer  4

Ring-billed Gull  24

American Herring Gull  1

Double-crested Cormorant  5

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Pileated Woodpecker  2    One bird following us around, then two near each other.

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Least Flycatcher  1    Small plain flycatcher. Usually stay late here. In mixed flock at Little Chauncy.

Eastern Phoebe  6

Red-eyed Vireo  12    Mixed in with other flocks. Then as we were leaving 6+ in the parking lot.

Blue Jay  25

American Crow  15

Black-capped Chickadee  18

Tufted Titmouse  10

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  25

American Robin  10

Cedar Waxwing  1

House Finch  8

American Goldfinch  12

Chipping Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  8

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  20

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  8

Lincoln’s Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  5

new world sparrow sp.  5

Bobolink  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  8

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  10

blackbird sp.  1    Possible Rusty at Little Chauncy, only called once.

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Parula  3

Magnolia Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

Prairie Warbler  1    Heard making a piece of the song.

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S275306344

Delaney WMA (Middlesex Co.), Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 21, 2025 7:03 AM – 11:04 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.436 mile(s)

52 species

Trumpeter Swan  1    Continuing at far north end of pond.

Wood Duck  29

American Black Duck  1

Green-winged Teal  4

Killdeer  11

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Great Blue Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-shouldered Hawk  3    Two in view together. One heard earlier in distant area.

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Great Horned Owl  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  6

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  4

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Phoebe  3

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  44

American Crow  7

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  42

Tufted Titmouse  11

White-breasted Nuthatch  10

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Brown Creeper  1

Carolina Wren  6    Careful count. Dispersed across wide area.

Gray Catbird  18

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  7

Veery  1    Fairly bright reddish brown across mantle. Clear chest and belly with pale reddish brown wash across upper portion and throat. Limited blurry spots.

American Robin  13

Cedar Waxwing  12

House Finch  6

Pine Siskin  4

American Goldfinch  9

Chipping Sparrow  3

White-throated Sparrow  14

Song Sparrow  9

Swamp Sparrow  2

Common Grackle  6

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  7

American Redstart  2

Pine Warbler  5

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1    Boat ramp

Northern Cardinal  7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286862422

Arlington Reservoir, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 21, 2025 7:31 AM – 9:32 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.162 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC and MBC , about 10 people

27 species

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  27

Ring-necked Duck  1

Mourning Dove  2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Killdeer  6

Spotted Sandpiper  2

Least Sandpiper  4

Semipalmated Sandpiper  1

Great Egret  1

Belted Kingfisher  2

Downy Woodpecker  4

Northern Flicker  3

Peregrine Falcon  1

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  12

Gray Catbird  5

American Robin  9

Cedar Waxwing  1

House Sparrow  25    At least

American Goldfinch  3

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S275306016

Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Sep 21, 2025 7:50 AM – 12:30 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

21 species

Wood Duck  10

Mallard  19

Mourning Dove  8

Killdeer  1

Great Egret  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  3

Downy Woodpecker  3

Hairy Woodpecker  3    Heard near Ruins Trail and seen by second bridge past Sawmill Brook

Northern Flicker  2

Peregrine Falcon  1

Blue Jay  8

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Carolina Wren  3

Gray Catbird  7

Northern Mockingbird  8

House Sparrow  5

House Finch  1

Savannah Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  4

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Common Grackle  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S275306337

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

Sep 21, 2025 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

18 species

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  3

Mourning Dove  4

Solitary Sandpiper  1

Double-crested Cormorant  20    Fly over

Black-crowned Night Heron  1

Green Heron  3

Great Blue Heron  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  20

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S275306332