Neponset Trail–Eliot Street Section, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

May 22, 2024 6:10 PM – 7:52 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.738 mile(s)

21 species

Canada Goose  4

Mallard  21

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  4

Black-crowned Night Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Warbling Vireo  5

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Gray Catbird  4

American Robin  5

House Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  3

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Common Grackle  13

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler  2    Heard only

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S176621081

Charles River Esplanade, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 22, 2024 7:09 AM – 8:24 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.292 mile(s)

16 species

Canada Goose  25

Herring Gull  30

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Double-crested Cormorant  25

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Kingbird  3

Warbling Vireo  4

Tree Swallow  4

American Robin  8

Cedar Waxwing  40

Song Sparrow  3

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Common Grackle  15

Common Yellowthroat  1

Blackpoll Warbler  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S176621059

Martin Burns WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 22, 2024 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Sunny, warm to hot.  Walked the three mile loop.  Led BBC trip.

43 species

Mallard  1

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Great Egret  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  4

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  9

Veery  1

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  4

American Goldfinch  8

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  11

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  2

Ovenbird  4

Blue-winged Warbler  5

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  7

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler  2

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Canada Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  6

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S176621069

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 22, 2024 6:20 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk co-led by Leslie Kramer and Jonathan Layman

46 species

Canada Goose  1    Heard

Mallard  2

Wild Turkey  1    Noisy tom

Mourning Dove  6

Chimney Swift  8

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  2    Heard

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1    Heard

Tree Swallow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1    Heard

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  1    Heard

House Wren (Northern)  6

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  6

Swainson’s Thrush (Olive-backed)  1

Wood Thrush  1    Heard

American Robin  53

Cedar Waxwing  20

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  5

Chipping Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Eastern Towhee  1

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  3    Heard

Brown-headed Cowbird  5

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  14    Observed two males fighting over the rights to a live frog in the margins of the Dell pond

Common Yellowthroat  2

American Redstart  3

Northern Parula  1

Magnolia Warbler  2

Bay-breasted Warbler  2

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  1    Heard

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Pine Warbler  1    Heard

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  4

Indigo Bunting  1    Heard

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S176621061

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 21, 2024 5:55 AM – 8:21 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.418 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC- Mt Auburn- Leader: Kathy Dia- sunny and clear mid 50’s to 60 but start of a very warm day.

47 species

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  1

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1    Oak near Harvard Hill. Lucy ,in my group, spotted the bird but hidden, then relocated by Randy.

Chimney Swift  8

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  9

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

House Wren  4

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  13

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  33

Cedar Waxwing  10

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  7

Song Sparrow  3

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  6

Common Grackle  10

Ovenbird  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

Hooded Warbler  1    After the walk I went back to the Dell. I heard this bird loudly singing it’s classic “wheeta wheeta wheetio” song loudly! A photographer Dylan first got eyes on it.

American Redstart  3

Northern Parula  1

Magnolia Warbler  1

Bay-breasted Warbler  1

Blackburnian Warbler  2

Yellow Warbler  4

Chestnut-sided Warbler  2

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  5

Indigo Bunting  1    After the walk Dell.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S176621026

Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 20, 2024 6:30 AM – 8:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott

31 species

Canada Goose  18

Mute Swan  2

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  40

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Herring Gull  2

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1    heard

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Kingbird  1    heard

Blue-headed Vireo  1    Seen and heard. Late

Warbling Vireo  1    heard

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  1

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  5

American Goldfinch  2

Baltimore Oriole  1    heard

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Common Grackle  3

Black-and-white Warbler  1

American Redstart  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1    heard

Yellow-rumped Warbler  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S176621014

Appleton Farms (TTOR), Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 19, 2024 8:27 AM – 10:38 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

30 species

Canada Goose  6

Mourning Dove  1

Herring Gull  3

Great Blue Heron  1

Glossy Ibis  7

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Warbling Vireo  2

American Crow  3

Tree Swallow  4

Barn Swallow  3

Marsh Wren  1

European Starling  10

Gray Catbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  3

American Robin  8

House Sparrow  6

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  4

Savannah Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  6

Bobolink  7

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  15

Common Grackle  4

Common Yellowthroat  1

Yellow Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175773819

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 19, 2024 8:09 AM – 11:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.895 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – cool, overcast, windy

32 species

Mallard  2

Surf Scoter  28

White-winged Scoter  1    Female

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  1    Heard only

Herring Gull  16

Great Black-backed Gull  3

Double-crested Cormorant  9

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Phoebe  1    Heard only

Red-eyed Vireo  2    Heard only

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  4

Tufted Titmouse  2    Heard only

House Wren  1    Heard only

Carolina Wren  2    Hx

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  2    Heard only

Brown Thrasher  1

American Robin  5

House Sparrow  4

American Goldfinch  6

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  2    Heard only

Baltimore Oriole  1    Heard only

Red-winged Blackbird  1    Heard only

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  1    Heard only

Northern Parula  1    Heard only

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175637971

Franklin Park–Scarboro Pond, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 19, 2024 8:16 AM – 10:14 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.36 mile(s)

22 species

Canada Goose  1

Mallard  6

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Herring Gull  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Gray Catbird  4

American Robin  3

Chipping Sparrow  2

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Common Grackle  7

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175630025

Allen’s Pond WS, Bristol, Massachusetts, US

May 19, 2024 8:00 AM – 10:26 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk: Leader nick Paulson, no participants. Cool, overcast and windy, occasional sprinkles.

83 species

Canada Goose  20

Mute Swan  2

Gadwall  4

Mallard  5

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  5

Red-breasted Merganser  1

Mourning Dove  4

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1

Clapper Rail (Atlantic Coast)  1

Killdeer  2

Willet (Eastern)  14

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Ruddy Turnstone  6

Dunlin  30

Purple Sandpiper  1

Least Sandpiper  13

Semipalmated Sandpiper  2

Laughing Gull  2

Ring-billed Gull  10

Herring Gull (American)  75

Great Black-backed Gull  15

Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana)  80

Common Loon  5

Double-crested Cormorant  30

Snowy Egret  1

Great Egret  7

Turkey Vulture  3

Osprey (carolinensis)  10

Broad-winged Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Willow Flycatcher  4

Great Crested Flycatcher  4

Eastern Kingbird  1

White-eyed Vireo  7

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  2

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Tufted Titmouse  6

Bank Swallow  6

Tree Swallow  9

Purple Martin  3

Barn Swallow (American)  22

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  3

Marsh Wren (palustris Group)  1

Carolina Wren  8

European Starling  5

Gray Catbird  14

American Robin  18

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  8

Chipping Sparrow  3

White-throated Sparrow  1

Seaside Sparrow (Atlantic)  6    Several singing, beach loop, 2 seen.

Saltmarsh Sparrow  8

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  3

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  12

Eastern Towhee  5

Bobolink  10

Orchard Oriole  3

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  40

Brown-headed Cowbird  7

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  14

Ovenbird  9

Blue-winged Warbler  2

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  12

Hooded Warbler  1

American Redstart  3

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  24

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2

Summer Tanager  1    75 feet south of where treetop meets fresh pond loop, along fresh pond loop in a large oak. Mostly all yellow bird with a little bit of red-orange to undertail coverts, tail, and wings. Large bill. No contrast wings vs back.

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175630042