Blue Hills Reservation–Chickatawbut Hill, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

Mar 30, 2025 8:32 AM – 11:34 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.727 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Trip, Steve Olanoff Leader

20 species

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  6

American Herring Gull  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  6

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

American Robin  18

House Finch  57    At the environmental center feeders

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  1    In a shrub oak on Chickatawbut Hill summit. Bright rusty cap, black eyeline, grayish belly.

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  8

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  1    Male

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S222547305

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Mar 30, 2025 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Bird walk Mount Auburn Cemetery

22 species

Canada Goose  5

Mallard  7

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5

Mourning Dove  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  6

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Phoebe  3

Blue Jay  9

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Golden-crowned Kinglet  5

American Robin  63

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  2

Dark-eyed Junco  9

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  8

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Common Grackle  6

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S221881415

Franklin Park–Scarboro Pond, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Mar 29, 2025 8:13 AM – 10:12 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.155 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Overcast/Cloudy, 39°

25 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  6

Wood Duck  3

Mallard  19

Mourning Dove  4

American Herring Gull  1

gull sp.  3

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Horned Owl  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Eastern Phoebe  4

Blue Jay  5

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  9

Tufted Titmouse  6

Golden-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

European Starling  2

American Robin  30

Song Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  7

Common Grackle  3

Pine Warbler  1    Foraging at the edge of a pond at the base of a tree

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S221658471

Chestnut St. Fields, Bristol, Massachusetts, US

Mar 28, 2025 5:46 PM – 7:41 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.203 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club field trip to Chestnut St. Fields

Trip Leader: Ray Bedard plus 11 participants 

60 degrees and partly sunny to start only dropping a few degrees. 

Not too birdy early but the Red-winged Blackbirds were showing nicely ip close. 

Woodcocks started calling shortly after 7 and made some display flights that could be heard but not seen. One finally flew close enough for decent views. 

Thanks to everyone for coming out. It was a pleasure to meet you all!

14 species

Canada Goose  40

Mourning Dove  1

American Woodcock  5    At least 5. May have been 2 or 3 others

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Great Horned Owl  1    Very distant but most heard it

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

American Crow  2

Fish Crow  4

Carolina Wren  1

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  9

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S221658466

Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Mar 23, 2025 9:08 AM – 10:33 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.243 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    30°, 17 mph winds

23 species

Canada Goose  17

Mallard  2

American Black Duck  7

Bufflehead  4

Red-breasted Merganser  2

Mourning Dove  4

Killdeer  4

Ring-billed Gull  12

American Herring Gull  8

Bald Eagle  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Merlin  1

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  7

American Robin  2

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  4

American Tree Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  12

Common Grackle  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S220350436

Dunback Meadow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Mar 23, 2025 7:36 AM – 10:42 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.1 mile(s)

33 species

Mallard  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5

Killdeer  2

Turkey Vulture  2

Cooper’s Hawk  2    Adult and immature.

Red-tailed Hawk  5

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  7

Northern Flicker  2

Blue Jay  11

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  14

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  11

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  7

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  10

Eastern Bluebird  3

American Robin  92    Flock of 81 on ball field.

House Sparrow  15

House Finch  6

American Goldfinch  33    Low count. Seemed to be everywhere.

American Tree Sparrow  2

Fox Sparrow  2    On path to Bowman School just up from 4 way intersection. One was singing.

Dark-eyed Junco  4

White-crowned Sparrow  1    Likely on again off again continuing bird from last fall. Seen up path from 4 way intersection toward Bowman School. Immature with brown crown stripes again grayish back ground and pink bill. Also singing.

White-throated Sparrow  7

Song Sparrow  21

Red-winged Blackbird  100

Common Grackle  50

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1    Continuing. This time just before second bridge to Bowman School.

Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S220350441

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

Mar 22, 2025 6:16 PM – 8:06 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.546 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC-“Timberdoodles” Kids Walk- Leaders: Naeem Yusuff and Kathy Dia-Unseasonably mild upper 50’s F. We heard Spring Peepers and Wood Frogs, and the planet Jupiter. Kathy saw a coyote pair near Mill St after the walk.

8 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard/American Black Duck  7    Flyother in silouette

Mourning Dove  2

American Woodcock  9

Red-tailed Hawk  1

American Robin  11

White-throated Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  7

Common Grackle  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S220350429

Newburyport & vicinity, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Mar 22, 2025 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

25.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Cashman Park, Salisbury Beach, Parker River NWR, Scotland Road, Cherry Hill Reservoir, West Newbury

64 species

Brant  5

Canada Goose  250

Mute Swan  8

Wood Duck  5

Gadwall  10

Mallard  72

American Black Duck  65

Green-winged Teal  11

Ring-necked Duck  2

Greater Scaup  4

Common Eider  13

Surf Scoter  35

White-winged Scoter  12

Black Scoter  40

Long-tailed Duck  8

Bufflehead  19

Common Goldeneye  3

Hooded Merganser  6

Common Merganser  17

Red-breasted Merganser  5

Ruddy Duck  10

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  25

Mourning Dove  40

American Coot  1

Killdeer  8

Wilson’s Snipe  3

Ring-billed Gull  36

American Herring Gull  56

Great Black-backed Gull  13

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Horned Grebe  1

Red-necked Grebe  1

Common Loon  7

Great Cormorant  2

Great Egret  2

Turkey Vulture  18

Bald Eagle  10

Red-tailed Hawk  15    Multiple locations throughout the day

Long-eared Owl  1    Continuing bird at known roost site

Belted Kingfisher  1

Downy Woodpecker  9

Hairy Woodpecker  2

American Kestrel  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  26

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  12

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  37    Early

White-breasted Nuthatch  7

Carolina Wren  4

European Starling  90

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  30

Cedar Waxwing  13

House Sparrow  65

American Goldfinch  11

Snow Bunting  8    Late?

Song Sparrow  32

Red-winged Blackbird  175

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  150

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S221887873

Nine stops on Plum Island

https://ebird.org/tripreport/437289

Alewife Brook Reservation, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Mar 20, 2025 7:00 PM – 7:35 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.19 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip.  Not much woodcock aerial display again tonight.  Party size estimate attempts to only capture those explicitly there for BBC trip, not others.

6 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  12

Mallard  2

Mallard/American Black Duck  2

American Woodcock  4

Carolina Wren  1

American Robin  3

Song Sparrow  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S220350421