Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 19, 2024 6:03 AM – 8:23 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.01 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk. 9 to start and about 15 by the time we left Halcyon. Drizzle and 50 degrees throughout.

31 species

Mallard  7

Mourning Dove  2

Great Blue Heron  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Warbling Vireo  4

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

House Wren  4

European Starling  3

Gray Catbird  4

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  27

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird  6

Common Grackle  9

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  1

Blackburnian Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175630012

Caratunk Wildlife Refuge, Bristol, Massachusetts, US

May 18, 2024 7:22 AM – 10:35 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.828 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Paskamansett Bird Club and Brookline Bird Club combined walk led by Carol Molander. Light rain/overcast. 53F. Calm.

55 species

Canada Goose  62

Wood Duck  1

Wild Turkey  4

Mourning Dove  1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Eastern Kingbird  2

Yellow-throated Vireo  3

Warbling Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  22

Purple Martin  32    Colony

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Brown Creeper  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

House Wren  3

Carolina Wren  5

Gray Catbird  12

Eastern Bluebird  2

Veery  2

Wood Thrush  3

American Robin  5

Cedar Waxwing  2

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  4

Eastern Towhee  3

Orchard Oriole  1    Immature male

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  2

Ovenbird  2

Northern Waterthrush  1

Blue-winged Warbler  5

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  4

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler  8

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  5

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1    Male

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175773812

Arnold Arboretum, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 18, 2024 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk, Peters Hill, cloudy 50

31 species

Mourning Dove  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  5

House Wren  2

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  3

American Robin  20

House Sparrow  4

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  4

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  4

American Redstart  2

Northern Parula  1

Magnolia Warbler  3

Yellow Warbler  5

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175427150

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

May 18, 2024 6:55 AM – 9:55 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.1 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Sandy and Rita co-led this walk for the Boxborough Birders and the Brookline Bird Club.  Cloudy, mid 50sF, last 15″ rainy.  Despite best efforts, the only F-O was the great blue heron.  No vultures, no hawks.

53 species (+1 other taxa)

Wild Turkey  1    Heard clearly by a few of us twice coming from upper campus behind the office area and old meadow.

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  3    Abutting new meadow.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Great Blue Heron  1    F-O

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Eastern Kingbird  1

Red-eyed Vireo  5

Blue Jay  5

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  4    New Meadow

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

House Wren  3

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  10    2 F-O carrying food or nesting material.

Gray Catbird  7

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  2

Veery  1

Swainson’s Thrush  1    Excellent sighting in the woods.

Wood Thrush  4    Distributed across campus in the wooded area from New Meadow to Alcott House.

American Robin  12

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  4

Savannah Sparrow  1    Clearly heard singing at meadow abutting parking area.

Song Sparrow  7    Conservative count

Eastern Towhee  3    Excellent sighting of one at New Meadow.

Bobolink  5    Heard at all meadows with excellent sighting of a male at meadow abutting main parking area.

Baltimore Oriole  6    1 female carrying nesting material.  Distributed across entire campus.

Red-winged Blackbird  3    3 males seen at New Meadow.  Probably a conservative count.

Brown-headed Cowbird  6

Common Grackle  6

blackbird sp.  X    Some F-Os.

Ovenbird  7

Blue-winged Warbler  3

Black-and-white Warbler  3

Common Yellowthroat  8

American Redstart  2

Yellow Warbler  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  7    Well distributed across the campus.

Pine Warbler  2

Scarlet Tanager  2    2 males in pursuit in woods.

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

Indigo Bunting  6    Distinct pairs seen across entire campus.  Excellent sightings of 4 males.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175427157

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 18, 2024 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Bird Walk at Mount Auburn

42 species

Canada Goose  6

Mallard  6

Wild Turkey  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6

Mourning Dove  4

Chimney Swift  4

Ring-billed Gull  2

Herring Gull  4

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Black-crowned Night Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  4

Least Flycatcher  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  5

Warbling Vireo  4

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  3

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  4

House Wren  2

European Starling  9

Gray Catbird  6

Northern Mockingbird  1

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  11

House Sparrow  5

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  6

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Common Grackle  7

Ovenbird  1

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  4

American Redstart  2

Yellow Warbler  4

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175427164

Franklin Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 17, 2024 7:10 AM – 9:21 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.653 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Walk

35 species

Mourning Dove  4

Chimney Swift  4

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Least Flycatcher  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  4

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  10

Gray Catbird  5

American Robin  10

House Sparrow  14

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  3

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  6

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Northern Parula  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  4

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175427132

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 17, 2024 6:00 AM – 8:10 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott

34 species

Canada Goose  6

Mallard  2

Wild Turkey  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  5

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

House Wren  2

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

Wood Thrush  1    heard

American Robin  8

Chipping Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  5

Black-and-white Warbler  1

American Redstart  1

Cape May Warbler  1

Northern Parula  4

Magnolia Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  3

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175427141

Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 16, 2024 7:05 AM – 8:33 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.9 mile(s)

28 species

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  10

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  3

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  3

Gray Catbird  6

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  5

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  2

Song Sparrow  3

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  6

Common Grackle  7

Common Yellowthroat  4

American Redstart  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  6    3 young on the nest

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174982464

Charles River Esplanade, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 15, 2024 7:15 AM – 8:23 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.472 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Overall typical resident breeding birds except a nightjar.

21 species

Canada Goose  45    15 chicks

Mallard  5

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  2

Chuck-will’s-widow  1    Large nightjar, grackle size, modeled buff, brown, and black; very long wings, extending out over the back and crossing; no white visible on bird; very rumpled appearance overall. Photo.

Chimney Swift  1

Spotted Sandpiper  2

Herring Gull  12

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Double-crested Cormorant  16

Warbling Vireo  3

Tree Swallow  1

European Starling  11

Gray Catbird  2

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  15

American Goldfinch  1

Song Sparrow  3

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Common Grackle  3

Common Yellowthroat  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174982451

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 15, 2024 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.7 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Bird Walk Mount Auburn Cemetery

48 species

Canada Goose  6

Mallard  2

American Black Duck  1

Wild Turkey  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  4

Chimney Swift  5

Herring Gull  2

Green Heron  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Phoebe  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

Blue-headed Vireo  2

Warbling Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

House Wren  1

Gray Catbird  5

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  11

House Sparrow  5

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow  3

Baltimore Oriole  8

Red-winged Blackbird  11

Common Grackle  7

Ovenbird  3

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Tennessee Warbler  3

Nashville Warbler  1

American Redstart  4

Cape May Warbler  1

Northern Parula  3

Yellow Warbler  3

Pine Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  4

Black-throated Green Warbler  3

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174982458