Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 10, 2025 7:00 AM – 11:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

8.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Foggy to overcast, E wind 5mph, 55 degrees to start.

54 species

Canada Goose  20

Mute Swan  6

Gadwall  7

Mallard  5

Mourning Dove  1

Black-necked Stilt  2    Continuing birds at the main salt panne.

Killdeer  3

Piping Plover  2

Hudsonian Godwit  1    Brief, but definitive looks at his large shorebird with a long, slightly upturned bi-colored bill.  Southern end of the main salt panne.  Thanks to Steve for the heads-up.  Another birder got photos.

Willet  20

White-rumped Sandpiper  4

Semipalmated Sandpiper  12

American Herring Gull  25

Great Black-backed Gull  18

Least Tern  35

Common Tern  1

Double-crested Cormorant  150    Most on the beach by Emerson Rocks

Snowy Egret  2

Great Egret  4

Osprey  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Alder Flycatcher  1

Willow Flycatcher  3

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  4

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  10

Purple Martin  14

Barn Swallow  5

Marsh Wren  2

European Starling  4

Gray Catbird  26

Brown Thrasher  1

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  3

Cedar Waxwing  8

Purple Finch  2

American Goldfinch  6

Saltmarsh Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  4

Swamp Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  6

Bobolink  3

Orchard Oriole  2

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  7

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  6

Common Yellowthroat  6

American Redstart  9

Yellow Warbler  7

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S249377592

Assabet River NWR, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 10, 2025 6:40 AM – 10:07 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.1 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, White Pond Rd. Entrance – Leader: Ed Bogle – Drizzly and cool throughout walk. Nice ending with a pair of Barred Owls calling back-and-forth.

46 species

Mallard  4

Chimney Swift  2

Virginia Rail  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Barred Owl  2    Calling back and forth.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  3

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Willow Flycatcher  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  4

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  6

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  12

Barn Swallow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Brown Creeper  2

Gray Catbird  8

Veery  1

Wood Thrush  2

American Robin  5

Cedar Waxwing  7

American Goldfinch  2

Song Sparrow  5

Swamp Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  4

Baltimore Oriole  6

Red-winged Blackbird  7

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  3

Ovenbird  3

Blue-winged Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  6

American Redstart  3

Yellow Warbler  2

Prairie Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  4

Indigo Bunting  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S249377582

Pawtucket Farm Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 8, 2025 6:43 AM – 9:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.041 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Walk for LP&CT and Brookline Bird Club at the new Pawtucket Farm Wildlife Sanctuary

36 species

American Black Duck  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  4

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Green Heron  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  2

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  2

Cedar Waxwing  2

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  4

Eastern Towhee  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  4

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S249377564

Martin Burns WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 8, 2025 7:16 AM – 10:39 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.551 mile(s)

33 species

Canada Goose  2    1adult 1gosling

Mourning Dove  4

Great Blue Heron  2

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Red-eyed Vireo  5

Blue Jay  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  5

Brown Creeper  1

Gray Catbird  6

Wood Thrush  3

American Robin  3

Cedar Waxwing  5

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  6

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  7

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  2

Ovenbird  6

Blue-winged Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  4

Northern Yellow Warbler  3

Pine Warbler  4

Northern Cardinal  3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286783215

Pegan Hill Reservation (TTOR), Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 8, 2025 6:30 AM – 8:05 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brooklyn Bird club trip

40 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  1

Mourning Dove  2

Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo  1

Killdeer  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  3

Eastern Wood-Pewee  4

Empidonax sp.  1

Eastern Kingbird  2    Likely nest site

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  7

Tree Swallow  2

Barn Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

European Starling  20

Gray Catbird  4

Wood Thrush  3

American Robin  9

Cedar Waxwing  8

House Finch  1

Red Crossbill  1    Picked up this bird multiple times by ear and Merlin also picked it up multiple times. There was a patch of spruce and American white cedar trees that might have been attractive to it.

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  4

Eastern Towhee  2

Orchard Oriole  2

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  6

Ovenbird  5

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  4

Pine Warbler  2

Scarlet Tanager  2

Northern Cardinal  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S288191956

Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 7, 2025 8:05 AM – 9:35 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Gore Place, Brookline Bird Club birding walk. The rain held off and we saw & heard quite a few birds.

24 species

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  4

Chimney Swift  5

Great Blue Heron  2

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1    I thought I got a photo of it before it took off, but it was too quick.

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  1

European Starling  15

Gray Catbird  3

American Robin  10

Cedar Waxwing  2

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286780464

Myles Standish SF, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Jun 4, 2025 6:32 PM – 8:49 PM

Protocol: Traveling

3.892 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Evening walk in Myles Standish State Forest, Carver. Leader: Glenn d’Entremont. Members of Brookline Bird Club, South Shore Bird Club and Friends of Myles Standish.

Haze due to wild fires in Canada.

Temperature: 65 – 70°F

Wind: Moderate breeze

Wind Direction: SW

Cloud Cover: 0%

Humidity: 64 – 69%

Sunrise: 5:08am

Sunset: 8:13pm

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

27 species

Eastern Whip-poor-will  4

Great Blue Heron  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren  1

Gray Catbird  2

Hermit Thrush  2

American Robin  8

Cedar Waxwing  3

Purple Finch  1

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  10

Eastern Towhee  24    Careful count

Baltimore Oriole  2

Ovenbird  5

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  4

Pine Warbler  10

Prairie Warbler  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S256312520

Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 1, 2025 7:55 AM – 9:55 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

30 species

Canada Goose  6

Chimney Swift  30

Great Blue Heron  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Warbling Vireo  4

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  1

Common Raven  2

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  2

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2

Barn Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  3

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  8

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow  3

Swamp Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Common Grackle  2

Common Yellowthroat  3

Yellow Warbler  5

Pine Warbler  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117589

Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 1, 2025 10:10 AM – 12:10 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

17 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  2

Mallard (Domestic type)  1

Chimney Swift  25

Great Blue Heron  1

Willow Flycatcher  1

American Crow  2

Fish Crow  2

Common Raven  1

Tree Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  1

Cedar Waxwing  2

Song Sparrow  3

Swamp Sparrow  1

Orchard Oriole  1

Common Yellowthroat  6

Yellow Warbler  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117604

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

Jun 1, 2025 11:10 AM

Protocol: Incidental

14 species

Mourning Dove  2

Killdeer  1

Green Heron  3

Great Blue Heron  4

Downy Woodpecker  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  12

Common Grackle  6

Yellow Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117597

St. James Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 1, 2025 11:58 AM – 12:28 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

15 species

Chimney Swift  1

Killdeer  1

Green Heron  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Warbling Vireo  4

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

European Starling  2

American Robin  5

Cedar Waxwing  1

Chipping Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Common Grackle  5

Yellow Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117595

Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Bristol, Massachusetts, US

Jun 1, 2025 7:00 AM – 10:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 6 participants

55 species (+1 other taxa)

Mute Swan  1

Mallard  1

American Black Duck  4

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  3

Mourning Dove  2

Clapper Rail  2    last bird-about 10:00, the first time we have heard it; then two birds calling together

Killdeer  1

Willet (Eastern)  6

Willet (Western)  1    interesting; pale gray over all lacking the underpart heavy breast streaking of eastern Willet; Eastern Willet came in to harass and was 95-90% size of this individual which gave way to the aggressive EAWI.  Was with 4 male GRYE which looked small next to this individual (images taken by participants on trip)

Greater Yellowlegs  4

Ring-billed Gull  X

American Herring Gull  X

Great Black-backed Gull  X

Least Tern  1

Common Tern  75

Double-crested Cormorant  35    almost all imm

Glossy Ibis  1

Snowy Egret  4

Great Egret  4

Turkey Vulture  2

Osprey (American)  4

Willow Flycatcher  9

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

White-eyed Vireo  2

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  6

Barn Swallow (American)  15

Carolina Wren  7

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  16

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  7

Cedar Waxwing  12

House Sparrow  X

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  5

Seaside Sparrow  2

Saltmarsh Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  7

Eastern Towhee  2

Bobolink  2

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  15

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  5

Golden-winged Warbler  1    About 6:25 am before actual walk; only explanation of audio; constant and continuing for ~10 minutes of buzzy notes-higher first note lower 3 to 4; constantly singing this same song (50 or 60 individual songs) with no variation; when encountering this song recently in MA there was variation or switching song to Blue-winged typed song(s) and confirmed hybrid or visual BWWA phenotype; bird moved inland and then not relocated during actual walk despite attempted playback; the first spot was a dense tree along south facing edge on Quansett trail being hit by SW winds of 20+; moved inland on my way back but still could not see individual; likely migrant (maybe VT bird?) and continued inland

Common Yellowthroat  3

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  31

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246121172

Shaw Farm, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jun 1, 2025 7:00 AM – 7:57 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.25 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip.  Cold and windy

32 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  12

Mourning Dove  1

Double-crested Cormorant  4

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

woodpecker sp.  1

American Kestrel  0

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo  1

Fish Crow  3

Tufted Titmouse  4

Barn Swallow  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  30

Gray Catbird  6

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  1

American Goldfinch  1

Grasshopper Sparrow  0

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  4

Bobolink  6

Eastern Meadowlark  0

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  8

Common Grackle  1

Ovenbird  2

Blue-winged Warbler  4

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  2

American Redstart  2

Magnolia Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler  2

Chestnut-sided Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

passerine sp.  1    appeared to be some kind of raptor

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117610