Rocky Narrows (TTOR), Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 14, 2026 6:30 AM – 8:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird club walk

51 species (+1 other taxa)

Mourning Dove  8

Chimney Swift  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Eastern Screech-Owl  1    Heard from parking lot on forest  Street at start of trip

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  6

Willow Flycatcher  2

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  5

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  1

Fish Crow  1

Common Raven  1    At parking lot at trip end.

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  7

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Brown Creeper  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3

Northern House Wren  1

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  6

Eastern Bluebird  4

Veery  4

Wood Thrush  3

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  1

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  2

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  12

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  1

Ovenbird  10

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  4

American Redstart  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  7

Pine Warbler  6

Scarlet Tanager  5

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S357324704

Chestnut Hill Farm (TTOR), Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jun 14, 2026 6:29 AM – 8:46 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.44 mile(s)

39 species

Mourning Dove  8

Chimney Swift  7

Killdeer  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Willow Flycatcher  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  24

Barn Swallow  6

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  35

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  20

American Robin  45

Cedar Waxwing  3

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  9

Chipping Sparrow  2

Field Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  7

Eastern Towhee  1

Bobolink  9    3F

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  60

Common Grackle  9

Ovenbird  1

Common Yellowthroat  2

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  2

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S357324683

Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 14, 2026 7:43 AM – 10:13 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.865 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Mass Audubon Boston Nature Center and Brookline Bird Club walk, Correne George, Neil Calabro, Mike McCarthy co-leaders.

41 species

Mallard  16    Ducklings

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  9

Chimney Swift  8

Killdeer  4    Adults with 2 chicks

Spotted Sandpiper  2    Bathing at Canoe Launch

Great Egret  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (American)  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Willow Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  4

Fish Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tree Swallow  4

Purple Martin  1    Lone female or immature flying North from Cow Island Pond over the crest of the landfill. Good lighting and close distance from my position on the south facing slope showing a large swallow with gray on the head and chest and a dingy lower belly and gray collar around the neck

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4

Barn Swallow (American)  6

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern)  1

Gray Catbird  12

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  7

Cedar Waxwing  10

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  4

Swamp Sparrow  4

Orchard Oriole  2    Active nest discovered in top of cottonwood

Baltimore Oriole  6    Active nest discovered in cottonwood

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  16

Brown-headed Cowbird  5

Common Yellowthroat  6

Northern Yellow Warbler  9

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3    2 males in trees at summit parking lot one chasing the other. One male flying over the river.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S360265055

Ocean View Farm Reserve (DNRT), Bristol, Massachusetts, US

Jun 14, 2026 7:23 AM – 10:08 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.86 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    DNRT and Brookline Bird Club “Bring Back Boblinks!” walk led by Linda Vanderveer and Carol Molander.

36 species

Mallard  14    12 ducklings swimming in the marsh.

Mourning Dove  6

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1

Killdeer  1

Willet  2

American Herring Gull  4

Common Tern  6

Glossy Ibis  3

Tricolored Heron  1    Feeding in the marsh. Seen from the lookout tower. Photos are cropped.

Green Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  3

Osprey  18

Northern Flicker  1

Willow Flycatcher  4

Eastern Kingbird  1

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  4

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  6

Barn Swallow  4

European Starling  40

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  1

Cedar Waxwing  5

House Finch  5

American Goldfinch  10

Chipping Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  6

Bobolink  10    Conservative count. Birds were flying around and then vanishing in the waist high grasses.

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  24

Common Grackle  4

Northern Yellow Warbler  4    One male chasing a Kingbird, then a male Bobolink.

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S357822603

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

Jun 13, 2026 7:48 AM – 10:02 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.733 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club Summer Solstice Saunter Trip. 

Wx: 77°F, sunny, light breeze.

31 species

Mourning Dove  2

Killdeer  1

Turkey Vulture  2

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Northern Flicker  4

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1    Heard at Parking area.

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  4

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  9

Barn Swallow  2

Northern House Wren  4

Eastern Bluebird  7

American Robin  6

Cedar Waxwing  4

American Goldfinch  6

Grasshopper Sparrow  7    Grasshopper sparrows seen and heard singing from sparse shrubs all along the path.

Chipping Sparrow  13

Field Sparrow  10

Song Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  6

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Ovenbird  4

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  2

Prairie Warbler  7

Indigo Bunting  8    Indigo buntings singing consistently as we walked the path.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S357323881

Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jun 13, 2026 11:42 AM – 11:59 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.186 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club Summer Solstice Saunter Trip.

Wx: 77°F, sunny, light breeze. 

Spent an hour walking the path from the parking lot, adjacent to the wetland.

23 species

Mourning Dove  1

Virginia Rail  1    Heard calling from the marsh.

American Woodcock  1    One bird flew low over the path.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  3

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  7

Common Raven  1    Heard calling off in the distance.

Tree Swallow  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Gray Catbird  6

American Robin  4

House Sparrow  3

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow  5

Swamp Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  16

Common Grackle  3

Common Yellowthroat  3

American Redstart  5

Northern Yellow Warbler  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S357323894

Jumptown Spectator Parking, Franklin, Massachusetts, US

Jun 13, 2026 1:59 PM – 2:56 PM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club Summer Solstice Saunter Trip.

Wx: 84°F, sunny, light breeze.

12 species

Killdeer  1

American Kestrel  1    Saw flying over the runway near the main buildings.

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  3

Fish Crow  1    Heard calling and seen over the airfield.

Black-capped Chickadee  1

European Starling  2

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  1

Chipping Sparrow  3

Vesper Sparrow  2    Saw two birds sitting on the fence and heard both of them singing!

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S357323913

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 13, 2026 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Bird Walk for new members at Fresh Pond, Cambridge

38 species

Canada Goose  4

Mallard  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  2

American Herring Gull  16

Green Heron  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  4

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  6

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  8

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  8

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  17

Cedar Waxwing  6

House Sparrow  7

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  6

Song Sparrow  7

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird  8

Common Grackle  7

Common Yellowthroat  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  5

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S357323849

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

Jun 13, 2026 6:45 AM – 9:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.2 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    70 degrees, clear and sunny. Beautiful day, less humid than it’s been.

49 species

Wild Turkey  4

Chimney Swift  2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Killdeer  1

Turkey Vulture  2

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

Bank Swallow  2

Tree Swallow  2

Barn Swallow  2

Northern House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  4

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  8

Northern Mockingbird  3

Eastern Bluebird  4

Wood Thrush  2

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  6

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  2

Chipping Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  2

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  6

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Ovenbird  3

Blue-winged Warbler  3

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  5

American Redstart  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  3

Chestnut-sided Warbler  2

Pine Warbler  3

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

Indigo Bunting  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S357822590

October Mountain SF, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US

Jun 12, 2026 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

8.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 3 participants

55 species

Wood Duck  1    male molting to eclipse

Mourning Dove  3

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3

Double-crested Cormorant  1    immature

Broad-winged Hawk  2

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  7

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Olive-sided Flycatcher  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Alder Flycatcher  3

Least Flycatcher  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  3

Blue-headed Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  46

Blue Jay  9

Black-capped Chickadee  8

Tree Swallow  5

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  5

Brown Creeper  3

Northern House Wren  2

Winter Wren  1

Gray Catbird  8

Veery  15

Hermit Thrush  1

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  15

Cedar Waxwing  12

Purple Finch (Eastern)  4

Red Crossbill  12    3 seen on tree, flock flew over, heard only, many individuals-estimated around 10

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  7

Swamp Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  5

Common Grackle  1

Ovenbird  37

Northern Waterthrush  6

Black-and-white Warbler  12

Common Yellowthroat  14

Magnolia Warbler  4

Blackburnian Warbler  5

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  15

Black-throated Blue Warbler  6

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  3

Black-throated Green Warbler  4

Canada Warbler  2

Scarlet Tanager  1

Indigo Bunting  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S358287021

Mount Greylock State Reservation, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US

Jun 11, 2026 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

15.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 3 participants

52 species

Mourning Dove  3

Turkey Vulture  5

Broad-winged Hawk  3

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue-headed Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  53

Blue Jay  5

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  9

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  2

Brown Creeper  1

Northern House Wren  2

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  6

Eastern Bluebird  1

Veery  6

Wood Thrush  3

American Robin  14

House Sparrow  X

Purple Finch (Eastern)  1

Chipping Sparrow  7

Field Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  8

Savannah Sparrow  1    in field before visitor’s center-Lanesborough

Song Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  12

Bobolink  5    in field before visitor’s center-Lanesborough

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Common Grackle  2

Ovenbird  43

Black-and-white Warbler  9

Mourning Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  7

American Redstart  16

Magnolia Warbler  1

Blackburnian Warbler  19

Chestnut-sided Warbler  12

Black-throated Blue Warbler  6

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  7

Canada Warbler  3

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

Indigo Bunting  7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S358287067

Post Farm Marsh, Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US

Jun 11, 2026 6:53 PM – 8:21 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.474 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 3 participants

37 species

Wood Duck  2

Mourning Dove  5

Chimney Swift  1

Virginia Rail  2

Killdeer  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Alder Flycatcher  1

Willow Flycatcher  2

Least Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Yellow-throated Vireo  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

Tree Swallow  3

Barn Swallow  5

Northern House Wren  1

Marsh Wren  5

Gray Catbird  5

Veery  5

American Robin  6

Cedar Waxwing  8

American Goldfinch  1

Field Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  7

Swamp Sparrow  6

Red-winged Blackbird  25

Common Grackle  5

Black-and-white Warbler  3

Common Yellowthroat  6

American Redstart  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  11

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Prairie Warbler  3

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S358287054

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Berkshire, Massachusetts, US

Jun 11, 2026 8:38 PM – 8:47 PM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants

7 species

Barred Owl  3

Eastern Phoebe  2

Veery  6

American Robin  2

Red-winged Blackbird  1

American Redstart  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S358287039

Belle Isle Marsh–Morton St., Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 7, 2026 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.4 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Belle Isle Marsh Walk 6-7-26

17 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  1

Willet  3

gull sp.  2

Least Tern  1

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Snowy Egret  1

Great Egret  4

American Crow  4

Barn Swallow  5

Northern Mockingbird  1

House Sparrow  8

House Finch  2

Savannah Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  8

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Common Grackle  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S354243813

Short Beach, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 7, 2026 9:43 AM – 10:13 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Belle Isle Marsh Walk 6-7-26

9 species

Common Eider  41    hens and chicks with 1 adult male and 1 male juvenile

Black Scoter  6    3 pairs near small rock seen from beach entrance on ramp

Ring-billed Gull  5

American Herring Gull  5

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Common Tern  8

Double-crested Cormorant  50

Cooper’s Hawk  1

House Sparrow  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S354243842