Frances A. Crane WMA, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US

Jun 4, 2024 8:05 AM – 10:24 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.375 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    This was a Cape Cod Bird Club cosponsored walk with Brookline Bird Club and included 14 participants led by Peter Fang. It was a beautiful morning with full sun, a light breeze and temps in the high 60’s. We viewed from the main trail and in the vicinity of the kettle hole but the Blue Grosbeaks preferred to stay to themselves today. The Grasshopper Sparrows were active today, landing on snags close to the group providing very nice looks. Thanks to BBC members for making the trip and joining us.

30 species

Mourning Dove  7

Killdeer  8

Great Blue Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  4

Osprey  3

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  3

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Kingbird  4

Tree Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  14

European Starling  2

Brown Thrasher  2

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  2

American Goldfinch  7

Grasshopper Sparrow  6    Saw at least 4 perched up and heard others along the trail. Conservative count.

Chipping Sparrow  1

Field Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  5

Eastern Towhee  2

Eastern Meadowlark  3

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  9

Common Yellowthroat  1

Prairie Warbler  3

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S206393885

Horn Pond Recreation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 3, 2024 7:35 AM – 10:31 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.06 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Mbc/bbc walk

47 species

Canada Goose  32

Mallard  6

Mourning Dove  5

Chimney Swift  10

Killdeer  1

Common Loon  1

Double-crested Cormorant  4

Great Blue Heron  4

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey  2

Sharp-shinned Hawk  2    2 flying over mountain together

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  5

Warbling Vireo  8

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  5

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  8

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  3

Eastern Bluebird  1

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  5

Cedar Waxwing  3

House Sparrow  8

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  3

Field Sparrow  2

White-throated Sparrow  1    White throat, yellow above eye

Song Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  2

Baltimore Oriole  6

Red-winged Blackbird  9

Common Grackle  8

Magnolia Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler  2

Prairie Warbler  4

Northern Cardinal  3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

Indigo Bunting  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S180200256

Salem Woods, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 2, 2024 1:59 PM – 4:06 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.463 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    A Brookline Bird Club walk in the woods led by Shilo McDonald. Sunny with some clouds. Slight breeze. 80 ºF. Lots of native plants like Jack in the Pulpit, Wild Strawberry, Spotted Touch-Me-Not, Cinnamon Fern, Eagle Fern, Mapleleaf Viburnum, and Arrowwood Viburnum. And lots of butterflies too, including Little Wood Satyr and Snowberry Clearwing.

26 species

Mourning Dove  2

Herring Gull  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1    Heard only, “Pee-uh-weee… Pee-youuu.”

Eastern Kingbird  1    Heard only.

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  2

Gray Catbird  4

American Robin  6

Cedar Waxwing  7

House Sparrow  2    Parking lot.

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow  3    Seen and heard. Singing.

Eastern Towhee  1    Heard only. Calling and singing, “Drink your teaeaeaea!”

Baltimore Oriole  2    1 male. 1 female.

Red-winged Blackbird  20

Common Grackle  3

Ovenbird  1    Heard only, “teacher, teacHER, teACHER, TEACHER.”

Common Yellowthroat  2

Pine Warbler  1    Heard only. Singing.

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S180200165

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

Jun 2, 2024 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.25 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC, BBC Trip lead by G. D’Entremont. Clear skies, high 60s to low 70s°F, slight breeze, mid tide falling. Marshes and Quansett Trail

39 species

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  19    Three females together with 16 ducklings

Mourning Dove  3

Killdeer  2

Willet (Eastern)  6

Herring Gull  4

Common Tern  70

Roseate Tern  2

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Great Egret  2

Turkey Vulture  3

Osprey (carolinensis)  7

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Willow Flycatcher  8

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

White-eyed Vireo  2    Pretty good looks at one singing and preening along Quansett Trail

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  4

Barn Swallow (American)  15

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  3

Gray Catbird  11

American Robin  6

Cedar Waxwing  5

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  6

Seaside Sparrow  2    Brief looks at at least two flying about the saltmarsh

Saltmarsh Sparrow  6    Good looks at a few

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  8

Bobolink  3

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  15

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  6

Common Yellowthroat  4

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  28

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S180200159

Shaw Farm, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jun 2, 2024 7:00 AM – 8:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.3 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip.  Numbers approximate.

29 species (+1 other taxa)

Mourning Dove  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Warbling Vireo  3

Blue Jay  2

crow sp.  2

Tree Swallow  2

Barn Swallow  8

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  10

Gray Catbird  6

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  3

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  5

Bobolink  6

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  15

Ovenbird  2

Blue-winged Warbler  3

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  5

Yellow Warbler  6

Scarlet Tanager  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S180200143

Bolton Flats WMA–Pine Hill Rd. Grasslands, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jun 1, 2024 6:00 PM – 8:40 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Bolton Flats, Pine Hill Grasslands. Leader Nick Paulson. 2 participants.

53 species

Canada Goose  12

Mallard  3

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  6

Black-billed Cuckoo  1

Eastern Whip-poor-will  6    Several calling.

Killdeer  1

American Woodcock  1

Barred Owl  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4

Least Flycatcher  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  3

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  5

Common Raven  4

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  2

Bank Swallow  8

Tree Swallow  5

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2

Barn Swallow (American)  10

European Starling  10

Gray Catbird  3

Eastern Bluebird  5

Veery  1

Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  2

Wood Thrush  2

American Robin  8

Cedar Waxwing  2

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  12

Grasshopper Sparrow  8    Several birds seen spread out.

Chipping Sparrow  11

Field Sparrow  10

Vesper Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Swamp Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  14

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  12

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2

Ovenbird  1

Common Yellowthroat  7

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  2

Pine Warbler  1

Prairie Warbler  8

Northern Cardinal  4

Indigo Bunting  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S180200085

Charles River Esplanade, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 28, 2024 7:12 AM – 8:32 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.828 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Cloudy day, humid. 68 degrees.

18 species (+1 other taxa)

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)  6    Two adults and 4 juveniles with the adults. One juvenile mostly brown, one other with some brown on rump and a bit on head, the other 2 all white

Canada Goose  35    6 chicks

Mourning Dove  2

Herring Gull  5

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Double-crested Cormorant  11

Black-crowned Night Heron  1

Great Blue Heron  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

European Starling  13    5 fledglings

American Robin  5

House Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  3

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Common Grackle  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S180199881

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 26, 2024 6:45 AM – 8:31 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.8 mile(s)

35 species

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  1

Herring Gull  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  6

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

House Wren  4

Gray Catbird  7

American Robin  21

House Sparrow  1

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  13

Mourning Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  3

Magnolia Warbler  2

Yellow Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S177250410

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

May 26, 2024 6:36 AM – 10:25 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.822 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/MBC trip, J. Forbes leader.

Rain had ended as we were arriving, got nice almost immediately, then getting humid by end.

48 species

Canada Goose  40

Mute Swan  6

Wood Duck  10

Mallard  4

Mourning Dove  3

Virginia Rail (Virginia)  2    Crossing the gap by the first benches

Sora  1    Distant whinny by bench along river to left

Killdeer  1

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  6

Osprey (carolinensis)  2

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Willow Flycatcher  3

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Eastern Kingbird  6

Yellow-throated Vireo  2    One across river near holt, one near Edge Trail

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  10

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  2

Fish Crow  1

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  5

Barn Swallow (American)  10

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Brown Creeper  1    Oddly at river and not in woods

Marsh Wren (palustris Group)  6

Gray Catbird  2

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  8

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  8

Swamp Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  20

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  10

Ovenbird  1

Mourning Warbler  1    Singing where Edge Trail meets rail trail. We spent probably 30 minutes working for views and one person got more than a flash.

Common Yellowthroat  4

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  8

Pine Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S180199827

Wachusett Reservoir–North Dike, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

May 26, 2024 6:30 AM – 9:47 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    gate 36 to gate 40.  Probably left some species off the list.  Some species are likely undercounts, perhaps drastic undercounts in some cases.

44 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  25

Mallard  4

Wild Turkey  5

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  6

Spotted Sandpiper  2

gull sp.  1

Common Loon  6    This was the high count from one scan.  Probably more.

Double-crested Cormorant  5

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

American Kestrel  0

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Eastern Kingbird  8

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Warbling Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  1

American Crow  1

crow sp.  4

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  20

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  12

Northern Mockingbird  6

Eastern Bluebird  3

American Robin  12

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  3

Savannah Sparrow  15

Song Sparrow  4

Eastern Towhee  1

Bobolink  2

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  50

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  10

Ovenbird  4

Black-and-white Warbler  2

American Redstart  1

Pine Warbler  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S180199794

DCR Kristoff Farm, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

May 26, 2024 10:14 AM – 10:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.2 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    birded from road from parking area to a bit past the creek.  may have missed recording a few species

23 species

Mourning Dove  3

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Willow Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Black-capped Chickadee  2

House Wren  2

European Starling  12

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  1

Cedar Waxwing  4

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  5

Blue-winged Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  5

Yellow Warbler  2

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

Indigo Bunting  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S180199816