Weston Station Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 1, 2025 6:25 AM – 8:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.97 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    8 including leader

40 species

Canada Goose  9

Wood Duck  4

Mallard  1

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  11

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  24

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  5

Tree Swallow  10

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Northern House Wren  2

Gray Catbird  6

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  10

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  6

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  4

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  6

Common Grackle  4

Mourning Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  4

Indigo Bunting  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117583

Neponset River Trail, Boston US-MA 42.26951, -71.08649, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 31, 2025 8:48 AM – 10:58 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.86 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    65°

Partly cloudy

30 species

Canada Goose  31    16 goslings

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Chimney Swift  7

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo  4

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  3

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  7

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  3

Gray Catbird  12    1 carrying food

American Robin  13

House Sparrow  5

American Goldfinch  3

Song Sparrow  6    1 feeding a Brown headed Cowbird

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Brown-headed Cowbird  1    Being fed by a song sparrow

Common Grackle  7

Yellow Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117477

Minute Man NHP–Hartwell Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 29, 2025 5:35 PM – 8:18 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.041 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, 5 including 2 leaders.

42 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  1

Mute Swan  5

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  6

Chimney Swift  5

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  3

Willow Flycatcher  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  6

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  6

swallow sp.  1

Brown Creeper  1

Winter Wren  1

Gray Catbird  5

Northern Mockingbird  1

Swainson’s Thrush  1

Wood Thrush  6

American Robin  14

Cedar Waxwing  3

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Ovenbird  1

Blue-winged Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  4

American Redstart  5

Yellow Warbler  4

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117398

Martin H. Burns Wildlife Management Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 27, 2025 6:45 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Walked the loop clock-wise.  Led BBC walk.

45 species

Canada Goose  1

Mourning Dove  6

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Great Blue Heron  3

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey  2

Red-shouldered Hawk  1    Interacting with an Osprey.

Belted Kingfisher  1    Heard flying overhead before walk started.

Olive-sided Flycatcher  1    Posibly two.  Shortly after we started the loop, I heard the “quick, three-beers” song in the distance.  Latter on, just before we got to the gun range, we watched this bird for 5 minutes.  It was perched on a snag, silently darting out after prey.

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  2

Yellow-throated Vireo  1    Heard singing, “three-eight, three-eight” slowly.  Behind the garage before the walk started.

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  1

Gray Catbird  8

Wood Thrush  2

American Robin  3

Cedar Waxwing  10

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  6

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  2

Ovenbird  4

Blue-winged Warbler  4

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  5

American Redstart  1

Magnolia Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  2

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  4

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286781150

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

May 25, 2025 6:33 AM – 9:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    50, nice start, wind picked way up as we entered the woods and it became hard to hear anything.  BBC trip, J. Forbes leader. jason@brewsterslinnet.com if anyone wants the list shared

47 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  30

Mute Swan  7

Wood Duck  4

Mallard  1

duck sp.  12    Ducklings without an adult visible, probably Wood

Wild Turkey  1    Gobbling across river

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  100    Probably a vast undercount

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Virginia Rail  1

Least Bittern  1    Popped up briefly right as the dike trail turns right

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  3

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey (American)  1

Bald Eagle  2    Adult and young imm

Broad-winged Hawk  1    Molty imm

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  4

hawk sp.  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Willow Flycatcher  7    Min

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  5

Yellow-throated Vireo  1    Distantly singing across the river, expected a closer one later but no luck

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  6

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  3

Barn Swallow (American)  10

Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota Group)  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern)  1

Marsh Wren (palustris Group)  4

Gray Catbird  2

American Robin  5

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  10

Swamp Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  30

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  40

Ovenbird  1

Northern Waterthrush  1    Singing deep in the riverside woods by the bridge to left

Common Yellowthroat  5

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  10

Wilson’s Warbler  1    Probably lesser only, singing a couple times across river

Northern Cardinal  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S249377524

Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 25, 2025 7:55 AM – 10:36 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

50 species

Canada Goose  3

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  3

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  30

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Killdeer  3

Great Blue Heron  2

Osprey  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

American Kestrel  1

Alder Flycatcher  1    Heard at dog beach on ruins trail

Willow Flycatcher  3    Fitz pew call a few times at dog beach; saw and heard one on perimeter trail heading towards cemetery

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Warbling Vireo  8

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  2

Fish Crow  3    regular flock here

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  6

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  3

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  14

Gray Catbird  5

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  3

Cedar Waxwing  4

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  8

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  16

Bobolink  2

Orchard Oriole  2

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird  15

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  8

Mourning Warbler  1    Heard singing in big field of knotweed near dog beach on ruins trail

Common Yellowthroat  9

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler  18

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117319

North side of Wachusett Reservoir, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

May 25, 2025 6:30 AM – 9:36 AM

Protocol: Traveling

4.7 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip looking for species of interest to the state.  Leader continued to Kristoff Farm alone afterwards and didn’t see any conservation target species.  Highlights from 18 minutes (1013-1031) of birding at Kristoff: Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Bobolink, Indigo Bunting, and Blue-winged Warbler.

49 species (+3 other taxa)

Canada Goose  10

Mallard  6

Wild Turkey  3

Chimney Swift  100    not a careful count.  swirling across a large section of the sky over grass, water, and cemetery island at fairly low altitude.  Also a number of other groups of small numbers and at least two other groups of 10-20+ at other points in the trip.

Killdeer  6

Spotted Sandpiper  3

Ring-billed Gull  5

gull sp.  15    probably mostly or all ring-billed

Common Loon  4    low number.  could have searched harder, but this is still less than I expected to see based on previous visits.

Double-crested Cormorant  5

Turkey Vulture  7

Osprey  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

American Kestrel  0

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1    i may have forgot to note some of the other flycatchers

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  6

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  1

crow sp.  3

Bank Swallow  12

Tree Swallow  25

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  15

swallow sp.  75    this count and the count for the other swallow species may be undercounts.  Couldn’t or didn’t bother to put much time into identifying the many swallows over the water

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  12

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  6

Eastern Bluebird  4

American Robin  3

Cedar Waxwing  4

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  2

Grasshopper Sparrow  0

Chipping Sparrow  6

Savannah Sparrow  14

Song Sparrow  4

Eastern Towhee  1

Bobolink  2

Eastern Meadowlark  0

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  20

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  3

Ovenbird  3

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  6    this may be and undercount, and I may have forgot to record some other warbler species.

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  2

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S242623523

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 25, 2025 7:05 AM – 9:01 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.31 mile(s)

38 species

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  7

American Herring Gull  3

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Northern House Wren  5

Gray Catbird  9

Swainson’s Thrush  1

American Robin  14

Cedar Waxwing  3

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  8

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  2

Black-and-white Warbler  3

American Redstart  7

Northern Parula  5

Magnolia Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler  3

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Pine Warbler  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Wilson’s Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S242394706

Dunback Meadow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 24, 2025 5:59 AM – 9:43 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.47 mile(s)

51 species

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  5

Chimney Swift  4

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Killdeer  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1    Seen low along trail here (42.4291400, -71.2256695)

Alder Flycatcher  2    Clearly singing rrrreee-be-ooh from two locations. Regular here this time of year.

Willow Flycatcher  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  7

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  3

Barn Swallow  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Northern House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  15

Wood Thrush  3

American Robin  9

Cedar Waxwing  5

House Sparrow  7

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  11

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  23

Baltimore Oriole  6

Red-winged Blackbird  9

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  19

Ovenbird  1

Northern Waterthrush  1

Blue-winged Warbler  4

Common Yellowthroat  22

American Redstart  7

Northern Parula  1

Magnolia Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler  5

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  10

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S242394658

Causeway St, Millis, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

May 25, 2025 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline bird club walk

57 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  1

Mute Swan  1

Wood Duck  4

Mallard  5

Mourning Dove  3

Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo  1

Chimney Swift  6

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Killdeer  2

Green Heron  1

Great Blue Heron  2

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  6

Downy Woodpecker  2

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  3

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Willow Flycatcher  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  8

Eastern Kingbird  2

Yellow-throated Vireo  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  8

Common Raven  6    A very vocal group.  We heard them during most of the walk

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  11

Barn Swallow  7

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Brown Creeper  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Northern House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  3

Gray Catbird  5

Eastern Bluebird  5

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  0

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Swamp Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  6

Ovenbird  2

Northern Waterthrush  2

Common Yellowthroat  5

Northern Yellow Warbler  4

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S288191948