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

Jul 17, 2025 6:33 AM – 10:01 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.012 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC  Great Meadows NWR, Concord. Leaders: Kathy Dia, Cris Van Dyke. Notes- hot and humid with a mix of sun and clouds.

40 species

Canada Goose  28

Mute Swan  7

Wood Duck  13

Mallard  6

Mourning Dove  8

Virginia Rail  2

Killdeer  1

Solitary Sandpiper  1

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Least Bittern  1

Great Blue Heron  9

Downy Woodpecker  6

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Willow Flycatcher  3

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  8

Warbling Vireo  3    Feeding a young Cowbird

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1    Immature.

Tree Swallow  19

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  45

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4

Marsh Wren  10

European Starling  16

Gray Catbird  11

American Robin  21

Cedar Waxwing  2

American Goldfinch  9

Song Sparrow  12

Swamp Sparrow  8

Eastern Towhee  1

Red-winged Blackbird  27

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  8

Common Yellowthroat  9

Yellow Warbler  7

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S262469849

Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jul 13, 2025 7:55 AM – 12:30 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

45 species

Canada Goose  12

Wood Duck  13

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  10

Chimney Swift  3

Killdeer  3

Least Sandpiper  1

Semipalmated Sandpiper  2

Great Blue Heron  2

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey  3

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  2

Downy Woodpecker  5

Northern Flicker  1

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Willow Flycatcher  3

Eastern Kingbird  5

Warbling Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  1

American Crow  5

Fish Crow  3    2 observed

Tree Swallow  3

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  5

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  7

American Robin  5

Cedar Waxwing  4

House Sparrow  8

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  13

Swamp Sparrow  6

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Common Yellowthroat  4

Yellow Warbler  6

Northern Cardinal  3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941647

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

Jul 13, 2025 10:40 AM – 11:40 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.75 mile(s)

25 species

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  4

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

American Herring Gull  0

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Black-crowned Night Heron  2

Green Heron  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Fish Crow  5    1 individual, 4 in a group

Common Raven  1

Gray Catbird  1

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Goldfinch  3

Song Sparrow  2

Swamp Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  8

Common Grackle  12

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941642

Bolton Flats WMA–Pine Hill Rd. Grasslands, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jul 13, 2025 5:45 PM – 9:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Trip- Pine Hill Grasslands- Leader Nick Paulson: 3 participants, warm and clear, slight breeze helped keep mosquitoes away. Great views of several Grasshopper Sparrows. One flyby Whip-Poor-Will..

40 species

Canada Goose  1

Wood Duck  7

Mallard  2

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  12

Eastern Whip-poor-will  3

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Killdeer  2

American Woodcock  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  5

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  12

Barn Swallow (American)  8

Northern House Wren  1

Gray Catbird  4

Eastern Bluebird  16

Hermit Thrush  1

Wood Thrush  4

American Robin  10

Cedar Waxwing  12

American Goldfinch  7

Grasshopper Sparrow  15    Minimum counted going in. Seen and heard throughout first 2 fields. Some giving really close good views. Many singing at sunset going out, so possibly more.

Chipping Sparrow  14

Field Sparrow  22    Many seen and heard throughout first three fields.

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1

Eastern Towhee  12

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  2

Common Yellowthroat  1

Pine Warbler  1

Prairie Warbler  2

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  4

Indigo Bunting  7    Regular here. Only saw and heard males.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941666

Suffield WMA, Hartford, Connecticut, US

Jul 13, 2025 7:30 AM – 8:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Southwick WMA – Suffield WMA Ct section- Leader Nick Paulson – parking lot first, then after MA section a walk in one field.

39 species

Mourning Dove  8

Chimney Swift  10

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  3

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4

Willow Flycatcher  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Eastern Kingbird  8

Red-eyed Vireo  4

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  3

Bank Swallow  10

Tree Swallow  25

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3

Barn Swallow (American)  12

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Northern House Wren  1

Gray Catbird  3

Brown Thrasher  1

Eastern Bluebird  5

American Robin  6

Cedar Waxwing  4

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  3

Field Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  5

Eastern Towhee  8

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Common Grackle  2

Common Yellowthroat  5

Yellow Warbler  2

Prairie Warbler  3

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  2

Indigo Bunting  10

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941664

Southwick WMA, Hampden, Massachusetts, US

Jul 13, 2025 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.7 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Southwick WMA – Leader Nick Paulson: loop through the main fields. Foray into Suffield WMA(CT side) for separate list. Warming, cloudy, slightly windy, a little quiet to start. 3 participants. Young Blue Grosbeak along bushy row to the right before corn field. Lots of young birds.

53 species (+1 other taxa)

Mourning Dove  26

Chimney Swift  13

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Killdeer  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  14

American Kestrel  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Willow Flycatcher  2

Eastern Phoebe  6

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  20    Large area, good habitat. Spot counts as we walked. Dropped total by 15% in case of resighted birds. One family group, some territorial fighting.

Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  6

Fish Crow  2

Common Raven  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

Bank Swallow  20

Tree Swallow  50

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3

Barn Swallow (American)  30

Northern House Wren  12    One Family group.

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  14

Brown Thrasher  4

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  20

Veery  7

American Robin  16

Cedar Waxwing  5

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  17

Grasshopper Sparrow  3

Chipping Sparrow  12

Field Sparrow  27    Large area, good habitat. Spot counts as we walked. Dropped total by 15% in case of resighted birds. Mostly counted the birds seen. Several young birds, several family groups, many calling.

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1    Scraggly young bird.

Song Sparrow  1    Solid brown-backed bird

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  22

Eastern Towhee  28    Large area, good habitat. Spot counts as we walked. Dropped total by 15% in case of resighted birds. Calling throughout, several young birds

Bobolink  1

Orchard Oriole  9    Single. One family of 5. Then 3 together 2m/1f.

Baltimore Oriole  3

Common Yellowthroat  24

Yellow Warbler  2

Pine Warbler  1

Prairie Warbler  9

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  8

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

Blue Grosbeak  1    Young male, blue head, browner body, lighter below. Larger than nearby sparrows/buntings with large bill.

Indigo Bunting  29    Large area, good habitat. Spot counts as we walked. Dropped total by 15% in case of resighted birds. Many males seen singing, some territorial disputes, a few family groups.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941661

Winchendon/Royalston, Birch Hill WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jul 12, 2025 7:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont & Ernie LeBlanc leaders; 4 participants

53 species

Mourning Dove  19

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Broad-winged Hawk  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  10

American Kestrel  1    likely recent fledgling

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Alder Flycatcher  1

Least Flycatcher  2

Eastern Phoebe  8

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  8

Red-eyed Vireo  11

Blue Jay  9

Black-capped Chickadee  11

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  20

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5

Red-breasted Nuthatch  4

Northern House Wren  8

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  10

Eastern Bluebird  14

Veery  6

Hermit Thrush  10

American Robin  14

Cedar Waxwing  12

Purple Finch (Eastern)  4

Red Crossbill  8    4 birds in road, 2 more flew over, 2 more at second spot

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  9

Field Sparrow  9

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1    female

Song Sparrow  12

Swamp Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  23

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  5

Ovenbird  4

Black-and-white Warbler  4

Common Yellowthroat  19

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  2

Chestnut-sided Warbler  5

Pine Warbler  6

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

Prairie Warbler  5

Scarlet Tanager  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941624

Eagle Reserve Conservation Area, Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jul 12, 2025 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont & Ernie LeBlanc leaders; 3 participants

23 species

Canada Goose  47

Wood Duck  25

Mourning Dove  7

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tree Swallow  25

Barn Swallow (American)  1

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  2

Purple Finch (Eastern)  1

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  5

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  15

Common Yellowthroat  2

Pine Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941632

Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jul 12, 2025 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont & Ernie LeBlanc leaders; 3 participants

15 species

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  2

Cedar Waxwing  2

Evening Grosbeak  2    continuing birds at feeder; pair

Purple Finch (Eastern)  6

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  1

Scarlet Tanager  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941636

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

Jul 12, 2025 6:50 AM – 9:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    75F, humid, overcast and calm.  Most notable was not seeing any turkeys (seen nearby coming and leaving the campus); nor raptors nor did we see or hear any ovenbirds.  Sandy Oxley and Rita Grossman led the walk for Brookline Bird Club and the Boxborough Birders.  Photos taken and provided by Richard Fichera.

48 species

Mourning Dove  1

Great Blue Heron  1    F-O just as we were getting into our cars to leave.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  2

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  3

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Red-eyed Vireo  6

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  5

Fish Crow  3

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  8

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Northern House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  5

Gray Catbird  11

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  2    Heard one singing in New Meadow and one on opposite side of campus near the Fruitland’s Farmhouse house.  Oddly, did not see any.

Veery  1

Wood Thrush  5    Each heard singing in distinct areas of the campus and one seen by some of the group, briefly, on the boardwalk entry area to the woods leaving New Meadow.

Cedar Waxwing  4

House Sparrow  1

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  3

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  1    Female near the Fruitlands Farmhouse house.

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  3    F-O

Common Yellowthroat  5

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  7

Scarlet Tanager  7    Excellent sightings across campus, especially on the Mulberry Tree near the Alcott House.  And 2 males pursuing each other near the Willard site.

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2    Another excellent sighting of M and F on the Mulberry Tree near the Fruitland’s Farmhouse.

Indigo Bunting  7    Distributed across the campus with clear sightings on treetops in addition to hearing them sing.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941615

Quabbin Reservoir–Gate 10, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US

Jul 5, 2025 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

6.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants

41 species

Wild Turkey  6    4 young

Ruffed Grouse  1    still drumming!  heard at least twice

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Broad-winged Hawk  3

Barred Owl  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  17

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  4

Least Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  64

Blue Jay  8

Black-capped Chickadee  14

Tufted Titmouse  7

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  7

Red-breasted Nuthatch  4

Gray Catbird  2

Veery  22

Hermit Thrush  14

Wood Thrush  2

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  10

Common Grackle  1

Ovenbird  32

Black-and-white Warbler  7

Common Yellowthroat  18

Blackburnian Warbler  6

Chestnut-sided Warbler  6

Black-throated Blue Warbler  11

Pine Warbler  16

Black-throated Green Warbler  18

Scarlet Tanager  17

Northern Cardinal  3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

Indigo Bunting  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286786692

Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 29, 2025 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

37 species

Mallard  3

Mourning Dove  4

Chimney Swift  2

American Oystercatcher  1

Killdeer  2

Short-billed Dowitcher  5

American Woodcock  1

Lesser Yellowlegs  4

Willet  10

Least Tern  2

Common Tern  2

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Black-crowned Night Heron  2

Snowy Egret  5

Great Egret  8

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

American Kestrel  3    2 juv 1 adult

Eastern Kingbird  3

Tree Swallow  15

Purple Martin  2    Female visible from swamp boardwalk on Winthrop side of marsh on way to Short beach; second visible from boardwalk near RPM building hanging out on bird house; uncommon for this area

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  9    Many

Barn Swallow  3

Northern House Wren  2

European Starling  20

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  8

Cedar Waxwing  1

House Sparrow  20

American Goldfinch  2

Song Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  20

Common Grackle  4

Yellow Warbler  5

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S255776957

Short Beach, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 29, 2025 10:16 AM – 10:46 AM

Protocol: Stationary

6 species

Common Eider  1

White-winged Scoter  1

Osprey  1

Tree Swallow  4

Barn Swallow  2

European Starling  1

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 29, 2025 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Bird Walk Fresh Pond

37 species

Canada Goose  7

Mute Swan  1

Mallard  4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  11

Mourning Dove  6

Chimney Swift  7

Ring-billed Gull  2

American Herring Gull  5

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Green Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Warbling Vireo  6

Red-eyed Vireo  4

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  8

Tufted Titmouse  1

Barn Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  11

Gray Catbird  6

American Robin  17

Cedar Waxwing  9

House Sparrow  11

House Finch  5

American Goldfinch  7

Song Sparrow  8

Red-winged Blackbird  7

Common Grackle  6

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler  7

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S255776964

Bolton Flats WMA–Pine Hill Rd. Grasslands, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jun 28, 2025 5:55 AM – 10:36 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.032 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club – Pine Hill Rd. Grassland- Leader: Kathy Stark Dia – raining off and on throughout the morning. The distance given is not correct and it seems that I am unable to alter or delete is not that its submitted. Distance should be about 2.6 miles. 

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Overcast clouds – mist

Temperature: 60 – 62°F

Wind: Gentle breeze – light breeze

Wind Direction: S – SE

Cloud Cover: 100%

Humidity: 69 – 95%

Sunrise: 5:11am

Sunset: 8:27pm

Weather generated by <a href=”https://raincrow.app/”>RainCrow</a>

39 species (+1 other taxa)

Wild Turkey  16

Mourning Dove  4

Killdeer  1

Green Heron  1    At the pond

Great Blue Heron  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  4

Common Raven  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern)  1

Gray Catbird  9

Brown Thrasher  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  9

Wood Thrush  1    Heard after the walk near pond

American Robin  9

Cedar Waxwing  16

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  6

Grasshopper Sparrow  14    Careful count. I counted 13 on the way out and 15 on the way back.

Chipping Sparrow  10

Field Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  6

new world oriole sp.  2    Chatter heard in two locations; Baltimore or Orchard

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Ovenbird  2

Common Yellowthroat  2

American Redstart  2

Prairie Warbler  9

Northern Cardinal  3

Indigo Bunting  7    Abundant and vocal males.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S255776899