Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 19, 2025 6:30 AM – 8:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. Windy conditions made it challenging to see most of what we were hearing

30 species

Canada Goose  6

Mallard  6

Red-breasted Merganser  1    female

Ruddy Duck  5

Chimney Swift  50    At least. Large flocks feeding at the Ice Rink Woods and at the Peninsula. Terrific display

Spotted Sandpiper  2

American Herring Gull  1

Barred Owl  1    Pines at the Ice Rink Woods.

Downy Woodpecker  3

Eastern Kingbird  3

Red-eyed Vireo  1    heard

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  2

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  5

Baltimore Oriole  2

Common Grackle  2

Common Yellowthroat  2    heard

American Redstart  4

Northern Parula  1

Bay-breasted Warbler  1    heard

Yellow Warbler  1    heard

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1    Singing at Ice Rink Woods

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S240386323

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 19, 2025 6:11 AM – 9:41 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.863 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Scheduled BBC Walk. Indian Ridge, Auburn Lake, Dell (extended period), Mound Avenue, Willow Pond, and especially big elm just across Pond Road NW from there; out along Cedar Avenue. Windy, making hearing warbler song difficult.

40 species

Canada Goose  4

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1    Heard in Dell calling pee-ur repeatedly – before 7 AM

Eastern Kingbird  3

Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Barn Swallow  1    Willow Pond

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren  3

Gray Catbird  6

American Robin  20    Estimate

Cedar Waxwing  15

House Sparrow  4

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  5    Estimate

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  2

American Redstart  6

Northern Parula  1

Magnolia Warbler  1

Bay-breasted Warbler  2

Yellow Warbler  2

Blackpoll Warbler  1    Heard singing only

Black-throated Blue Warbler  2

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Canada Warbler  1    In big elm just across road west of Willow Pond

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S240386320

Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 18, 2025 8:00 AM – 11:40 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

35 species

Canada Goose  5

Mallard  4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  6

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1    Seen at Canoe Launch

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Warbling Vireo  6

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  3

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2

Barn Swallow  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  22

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  10

Cedar Waxwing  18

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  1

Song Sparrow  7

Swamp Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  1

Baltimore Oriole  8

Red-winged Blackbird  16

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  8

Common Yellowthroat  5

Yellow Warbler  8

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S240386313

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

May 18, 2025 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

20 species

Canada Goose  2

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  6

Killdeer  3

Green Heron  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Eastern Kingbird  3

Warbling Vireo  1

American Crow  2

Common Raven  1

Tree Swallow  2

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  1

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Common Grackle  5

Common Yellowthroat  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S240386304

Middlesex Fells Reservation–Fells Reservoir Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 18, 2025 8:06 AM – 10:28 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.014 mile(s)

25 species

Mallard  6

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  20

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Osprey  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Eastern Kingbird  2

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

American Robin  1

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  3

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  2

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  1

Northern Parula  1

Canada Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S240386308

Arnold Arboretum–Peter’s Hill, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 18, 2025 7:59 AM – 10:09 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.48 mile(s)

33 species

Mallard  3

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  5

Turkey Vulture  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1    Heard calling along Walter Street. May have audio

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  8

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Northern House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  10

Gray Catbird  5

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  10

House Sparrow  X

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  7

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler  3

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S239931443

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 18, 2025 7:01 AM – 9:38 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.77 mile(s)

46 species

Wood Duck  1

Wild Turkey  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  5

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  4

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Northern House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  13

Gray Catbird  8

Northern Mockingbird  1

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  13

Cedar Waxwing  2

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  6

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  3

Black-and-white Warbler  3

Common Yellowthroat  3

American Redstart  7

Northern Parula  2

Bay-breasted Warbler  2

Blackburnian Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  2

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Black-throated Blue Warbler  3

Black-throated Green Warbler  3

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S239931428

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 18, 2025 9:13 AM – 10:51 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.761 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club – Fresh Pond Early Birders Walk

sunny ~65 degrees, mild wind with occasional gusts

34 species

Canada Goose  8

Chimney Swift  7

Ring-billed Gull  3

American Herring Gull  40

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Green Heron  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1    Heard in Luisitania Meadow

Tree Swallow  4

Carolina Wren  1    Heard by Black’s Nook

Gray Catbird  5

American Robin  7

Cedar Waxwing  5

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  3

Song Sparrow  4

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird  15

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  8

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  1

Northern Parula  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  6

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S297693370

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 18, 2025 8:00 AM – 10:06 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.354 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – mostly clear, breezy from north, 60s

28 species

Common Eider  2

Mourning Dove  2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

American Herring Gull  19

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Northern Gannet  1

Double-crested Cormorant  15

Turkey Vulture  1

Downy Woodpecker  1    Heard only

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  2

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  5

Gray Catbird  3

Eastern Bluebird  1

Cedar Waxwing  7

House Sparrow  1

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  3

Baltimore Oriole  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

Magnolia Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286920192

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

May 17, 2025 6:55 AM – 9:35 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Cloudy, foggy, misty at start to cloudy by 8A.  64F.  Scott noted an ermine skirting about the stonewall at the entrance.  Large porcupine seen on woodland trail near lower campus in a tree.  Most noticeable: did not see or hear a titmouse; bluebirds nor hawks/accipiter.

46 species

Canada Goose  2    Heard.  Could have been more.

Wild Turkey  8

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  5

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  3

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Red-eyed Vireo  7

Blue Jay  6

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tree Swallow  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Brown Creeper  1

European Starling  15

Gray Catbird  9

Veery  2

Swainson’s Thrush  1

Wood Thrush  5

American Robin  15

House Sparrow  6    Seen on main campus.

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  2

Bobolink  3    Heard clearly near entrance.

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  26

Brown-headed Cowbird  5

Common Grackle  1

Ovenbird  5

Blue-winged Warbler  2

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  12

American Redstart  5

Northern Parula  2

Yellow Warbler  6    Heard and seen…a few sightings were excellent.

Chestnut-sided Warbler  7    Heard and seen.  A few excellent sightings.

Pine Warbler  2

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  5

Indigo Bunting  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S239931409

Caratunk Wildlife Refuge (ASRI), Bristol, Massachusetts, US

May 17, 2025 7:14 AM – 10:27 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.055 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Paskamansett Bird Club and Brookline Bird Club walk. Led by Carol Molander.

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Overcast clouds

Temperature: 61 – 64°F

Wind: Mostly calm – light breeze

Wind Direction: SE

Cloud Cover: 100%

Humidity: 75 – 83%

Sunrise: 5:23am

Sunset: 8:00pm

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

50 species

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  1

Wild Turkey  4

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  3

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  34

Purple Martin  48    Colony

Barn Swallow  3

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

Northern House Wren  4

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  11

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  2    Pair

Veery  2

Wood Thrush  3

American Robin  2

Cedar Waxwing  5

House Sparrow  4

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  2

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  10

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  1

Ovenbird  6

Blue-winged Warbler  3

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  2

Yellow Warbler  12

Scarlet Tanager  4

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S239447790