Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 2, 2024 8:03 AM – 10:17 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.79 mile(s)

28 species

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4

Mourning Dove  5

Common Loon  3    Flyovers together early in AM

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  4    Careful count of distinct birds

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  2

Blue Jay  15

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  3

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

Golden-crowned Kinglet  9

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Brown Creeper  2

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  5

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  225    Estimate and count and probably low.

Cedar Waxwing  3

House Finch  6

American Goldfinch  6

Dark-eyed Junco  33

White-throated Sparrow  15

Song Sparrow  7

Common Grackle  150

Yellow-rumped Warbler  6

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201144974

Barrett’s Mill Farmland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 31, 2024 7:54 AM – 9:59 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC- Barrett’s Mill Conservation Area- Leader: Kathy Dia- Unseasonably mild 50°’s-mid 60°’s with expected high close to 80°F. Deer in the misty field early including a handsome buck. Counts are estimates after the walk; forgot to edit the track.

33 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  21

Mallard/American Black Duck  3

Mourning Dove  27

Great Blue Heron  1

Belted Kingfisher  1    Heard on the river.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  6

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  8

Golden-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  3

Carolina Wren  4

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  6

Hermit Thrush  1    Heard a ways off at the brush edge; responded to playback, but didn’t fly closer.

American Robin  20

House Sparrow  14

American Pipit  22

House Finch  11

American Goldfinch  5

American Tree Sparrow  1    Heard singing in bushes but couldn’t locate

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  35

White-throated Sparrow  12

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  11

Song Sparrow  14

Swamp Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  80

Common Grackle  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201274354

Cumberland Farms–River St. Entrance, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Oct 27, 2024 7:34 AM – 11:34 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Cumberland Farms Fields walk. A chilly 33 to start but ending the walk at 53. 3 participants, Carol and Moe Molander and Nick Paulson. I accidentally stopped the track shortly into the walk. Walked in past the old manure pit to the south trail and back down the west side of the fields.

43 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  5

Mallard  1

Green-winged Teal (American)  12

duck sp.  10    Distant large ducks.

Ring-necked Pheasant  1    Stocked. Flushed near the gate on the way out

Mourning Dove  12

Double-crested Cormorant  700

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Northern Harrier  6

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3

Peregrine Falcon  1    A real dark individual most likely of the tundra subspecies

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  6

Common Raven  3

Black-capped Chickadee  10

Horned Lark  15

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

Golden-crowned Kinglet  4

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Carolina Wren  5

European Starling  30

Northern Mockingbird  4

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  50

American Pipit  1

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  25

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  3

White-crowned Sparrow  5

White-throated Sparrow  20

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  5

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  25

Swamp Sparrow  60

Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Rusty Blackbird  2

Nashville Warbler  2    One with bright yellow belly and UTC, white vent. Quick view flitting through thick shrubbery. GISS was immediately Nashville. Second bird was more drab but much better views. Drab yellow on chest and throat. Yellow UTC. Complete white eye ring ruling out OCWA which has a broken eye ring and no eye line ruling out Tennessee

Palm Warbler (Western)  1

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  7

Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201144950

Boston Nature Center Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Oct 26, 2024 8:00 AM – 11:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk – sunny day, light wind, 46-61 degrees

40 species

Canada Goose  105

Wild Turkey  19    7 turkeys walking along the brook; 12 ( females with young) in the community garden

Mourning Dove  6

Killdeer  2

Ring-billed Gull  1

American Herring Gull  2

Sharp-shinned Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  4

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  12

American Crow  3

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Brown Creeper  3

Carolina Wren  6

European Starling  25

Gray Catbird  1

Northern Mockingbird  3

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  200

House Finch  4

Purple Finch  4    4 in the Meadow in the same tree.

American Goldfinch  10

Field Sparrow  3

Dark-eyed Junco  5

White-throated Sparrow  12

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  15

Swamp Sparrow  3

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Common Grackle  95

Orange-crowned Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  6

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S200439254

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 20, 2024 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Gorgeous day-I was joined by one other person from South Carolina who heard about the trip from BBC he was visiting relatives, also had a Rockport local join who had read about the trip via a different source not BBC. We got 2 mature & 1 immature Gannet, White Wing Scoters, Red Breasted Nuthatches and other perching birds. Bumped into Jason Barcus. Spoke with someone visiting from Minnesota & gave suggestions on additional birding sites to visit in the area.  Saw a Coyote on the outer perimeter of the parking lot but missed a photo because I was taking a photo of the moon & by the time I brought my camera down it had gone into the shrubs.

25 species

White-winged Scoter  10    Had about 3 on the water and 7 fly by.

Mourning Dove  2    In a tree near DCR office.

American Herring Gull  1    Quarry.

Great Black-backed Gull  2    In the Quarry area.

Northern Gannet  3    2 mature, 1 immature at the Overlook at Halibut Point.

Double-crested Cormorant  1    Fly by.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Red-breasted Nuthatch  2    2 Red-breasted Nuthatches in close proximity.

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  10

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  5

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  6

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  1    heard only

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201535964

Bartlett Pond, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Oct 20, 2024 7:22 AM – 7:47 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nickilas Paulson – 5 participants – also Forbush Bird Club Walk. Cold start, warmed later. Sunny, very little wind, glassy water on lakes. Lots of fall colors to leaves. Meeting location birds.

24 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  18

Mallard  14

Green-winged Teal (American)  3

duck sp.  2    2 ducks in the fog in flight that struck me a different and smaller than mallard, possibly Gadwall.

Mourning Dove  1

Killdeer  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  2

American Robin  5

American Pipit  4

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Swamp Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  30

Rusty Blackbird  23    Several groups flying by heading NE. A few stopped in trees above boat launch and sang.

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S199695056

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Oct 20, 2024 7:45 AM – 10:20 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.1 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nickilas Paulson – 4 participants – section 2. also Forbush Bird Club Walk. Cold start, warmed later. Sunny, very little wind, glassy water on lakes. Lots of fall colors to leaves. Good pockets of birds, White-throated Sparrows throughout.

45 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  14

Mute Swan  12

Mallard  11

Mourning Dove  8

Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo  1    Late. Flew out of bushes in model airplane field towards road. Flew in direction of the sun, so unable to get any color to identify to species.

Wilson’s Snipe  1

Ring-billed Gull  8

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Bald Eagle  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  11

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4

Eastern Phoebe  3

Blue Jay  18

American Crow  26

Black-capped Chickadee  20

Tufted Titmouse  5

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  8

Golden-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5

Carolina Wren  5

European Starling  4

Northern Mockingbird  8

Eastern Bluebird  16

American Robin  10

American Pipit  2

House Finch  5

American Goldfinch  8

Chipping Sparrow  2

Spizella sp.  1    Maybe field

White-throated Sparrow  140

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  6

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  22

Swamp Sparrow  9

Bobolink  3    3 late birds perched out on cornstalks in the lower soy field. Flew out heading south.

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  100

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  400

Northern Parula  1    Late. Near entrance in top of aspen. Very small warbler, white below, white undertail, a little yellow to throat, blue-gray above.

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  50

Black-throated Green Warbler  1    Late. Looked like duller first winter bird, two dull gray-black streak lines down side of breast, white wing-bars, olive back, yellow olive face pattern.

Northern Cardinal  18

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S199695053

Wayne MacCallum Wildlife Management Area, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Oct 20, 2024 10:50 AM – 12:20 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nickilas Paulson – 5 participants – also Forbush Bird Club Walk. Cold start, warmed later. Sunny, very little wind, glassy water on lakes. Lots of fall colors to leaves. Last section of trip.

26 species

Ring-necked Pheasant  5    Obvious releases. 2 males seen, some females heard.

Mourning Dove  2

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Pileated Woodpecker  2    Pair together.

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  6

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  3

Brown Creeper  1

Gray Catbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  6

American Robin  3

American Pipit  3

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  3

White-throated Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  8

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  18

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  6

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S199695059

Stony Brook Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Oct 20, 2024 8:30 AM – 11:01 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.4 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Walk for Brookline Bird Club and Boston Birding Festival.

26 species

Mourning Dove  4

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  3

Pileated Woodpecker  1    Regular here. Very large woodpecker with large crest.

Northern Flicker  3

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  14

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4

Golden-crowned Kinglet  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  5

Brown Creeper  1

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  8

American Robin  10

American Goldfinch  5

Dark-eyed Junco  4

White-throated Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Common Grackle  2

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  19

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S199694989

Fruitlands Museum (TTOR), Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Oct 19, 2024 7:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.1 mile(s)

30 species

Canada Goose  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  5

Black-capped Chickadee  10

Tufted Titmouse  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  6

Brown Creeper  2

Carolina Wren  4

European Starling  44    Includes flock of 30 fly over

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  5

American Robin  45

House Sparrow  10

House Finch  22

American Goldfinch  1

Dark-eyed Junco  5

White-throated Sparrow  20

Savannah Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow  11

Eastern Towhee  1

Palm Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  12

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S199694987

Parker River NWR–Hellcat Dike, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 19, 2024 7:45 AM – 11:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.966 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Hellcat at Parker River NWR- Leader Nickilas Paulson- 1 participant. Cold to start but warmed up quick. Clear skies, low wind. Kinglets were heard throughout. Many Cormorants migrating past. Lots of hunters, so less ducks than expected. Walked a loop down the dike (opened for NWR week) to the Wardens, and back the road to the boardwalk then  along the boardwalk.

53 species (+3 other taxa)

Canada Goose  80

Blue-winged Teal  1

Gadwall  8

American Black Duck  60

Green-winged Teal (American)  25

Mourning Dove  1

Black-bellied Plover  6

Semipalmated Plover  1

Greater Yellowlegs  6

White-rumped Sandpiper  2

shorebird sp.  20

Ring-billed Gull  1

Herring Gull (American)  15

gull sp.  30

Common Loon  10

Double-crested Cormorant  400

Black-crowned Night Heron  1    Likely same bird circled back, but possibly two.

Great Egret  6

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  3

Northern Harrier  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  20

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  15

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3

Golden-crowned Kinglet  16

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  3

Red-breasted Nuthatch  2

Brown Creeper  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  6

American Pipit  2

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  9

Chipping Sparrow  24

Field Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  9

White-throated Sparrow  11

Saltmarsh Sparrow  2

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  6

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  25

Eastern Towhee  2

Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  50

Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed)  2

Common Yellowthroat  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  30

new world warbler sp.  1    Sounded like Palm.

Northern Cardinal  5

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S199694986

Cold Spring Park, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 19, 2024 8:06 AM – 11:41 AM

Protocol: Traveling

4.0 mile(s)

28 species

Canada Goose  36

Mallard  4

Mourning Dove  4

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Red-eyed Vireo  1    Expected features, seen by all

Blue Jay  14

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  5

European Starling  21

Hermit Thrush  1

Wood Thrush  1    Dark speckling, clear solid eye ring

American Robin  41

House Finch  8

American Goldfinch  2

Dark-eyed Junco  7

White-throated Sparrow  7

Song Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  1

Common Grackle  12

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  50

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S199694904