Boston Public Garden, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2024 6:31 AM – 9:01 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

25 species

Canada Goose  11

Mallard  10    Includes 2 duckling

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  11

Mourning Dove  2

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4

European Starling  18

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  16

House Sparrow  8

Chipping Sparrow  8

White-throated Sparrow  35

Song Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Common Grackle  9

Black-and-white Warbler  3

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Parula  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171955289

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2024 5:59 AM – 8:06 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.66 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk about 9 people.

36 species

Canada Goose  4

Mallard  6

Wild Turkey  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  5

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue-headed Vireo  2

Warbling Vireo  6

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  9

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

House Wren  3

Gray Catbird  3

American Robin  24

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  11

White-throated Sparrow  9

Song Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  10

Black-and-white Warbler  3

Nashville Warbler  1

Northern Parula  6

Yellow-rumped Warbler  24

Northern Cardinal  7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171955275

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 1, 2024 9:51 AM – 9:56 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.266 mile(s)

48 species

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  5

Mourning Dove  9

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

American Herring Gull  1

Common Loon  2

Black-crowned Night Heron  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  4

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Blue-headed Vireo  3

Warbling Vireo  4

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Northern House Wren  5

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  2

Brown Thrasher  1

Hermit Thrush  2

American Robin  22

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  17

Dark-eyed Junco  1

White-throated Sparrow  21

Song Sparrow  4

Eastern Towhee  1

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  9

Brown-headed Cowbird  9

Common Grackle  8

Black-and-white Warbler  5

Prothonotary Warbler  1    Circling and foraging around the low rhododendrons along the banks of Halcyon pond.seen by dozens

Nashville Warbler  4    Sprinkles throughout the large loo we did around d the entire cemetery

Northern Parula  8

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Palm Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  25

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S200138030

Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 1, 2024 8:15 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    This was a joint BBC-Menotomy club walk. It wasn’t cancelled as it had rained about 5:30 am & then stopped completely. Cloudy & cool 45 to 50. We went from Shaw’s to Moody St. Moody St. to Prospect St. has been closed for DCR repairs which may last all summer. It must have just closed Monday or Tuesday as it was open on Saturday with no signs indicating closing which I thought was going to begin on May 6, 2024.

31 species

Canada Goose  19    Some nesting pairs haven’t had hatches yet. We saw 4 goslings jump down about 50 feet into the water from the remains of a bridge abutment. It was amazing to see. Photo of the last 2 to jump and them in the water. Unfortunately, I didn’t take photo of the entire abutment for an idea of how high up it was.

Wood Duck  2    Male.

Mallard  7    Not uncommon to see one sitting on the railing of one of the overlooks.

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2    Near the Charles Museum of Industry along the river in Waltham.

Mourning Dove  7    Lily got a very sweet photo of the 2.

Chimney Swift  20

American Herring Gull  3    Shaw’s parking lot one of lamp post-2 fly overs.

Double-crested Cormorant  1    Fly over.

Great Blue Heron  1    Fly over.

Northern Flicker  1

Warbling Vireo  6

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Fish Crow  1    Simultaneously saw and heard the crow. There have been a few in the Shaw’s parking lot area.

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  9    Stretching & sitting on power line over Newton St. Charles River Waltham.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2    Saw flying from Moody St. bridge. One had landed in a tree bad photo but I thought I had missed it altogether.

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  5

Gray Catbird  1    Spotted by Lily near the Elm St. boardwalk that goes under the road. 1st one of the season along the Charles River in Waltham for me 2nd one in Waltham. Poor light.

American Robin  4

House Sparrow  8

American Goldfinch  2

Song Sparrow  4

Baltimore Oriole  3    Yeah they have arrived!

Red-winged Blackbird  6

Common Grackle  10

Yellow Warbler  3    Yeah, they have arrived & will stay the summer.

Palm Warbler  1    One in pine tree that will keep going north probably. Silhouette only.

Yellow-rumped Warbler  10    Flitting about in numerous trees along both sides of the walk.

Northern Cardinal  2    Male & female.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S206186446

Hammond Pond, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 30, 2024 7:05 AM – 7:55 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. The rain stopped just before the trip, quite birdy.

26 species

Canada Goose  8

Mute Swan  1

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  1

Herring Gull  1

Great Blue Heron  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  2

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  2

White-throated Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  1

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Common Grackle  8

Yellow Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171954965

Houghton Garden, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 30, 2024 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Part of BBC trip to Hammond Pond, led by David Scott

16 species

Mallard  4

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  1

Tree Swallow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  5

White-throated Sparrow  12

Song Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Northern Parula  2    Seen and heard.

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  12

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171954976

Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 30, 2024 6:30 AM – 9:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.7 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk, light rain for the first 40 minutes, 47 degrees

34 species

Wood Duck  1    heard by Ruth Green

Mallard  12    includes 4 duckling

Wild Turkey  2

Herring Gull  2

Yellow-crowned Night Heron  2    nest building on the back trail

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  5

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  4

Black-capped Chickadee  9

Tufted Titmouse  6

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  2

Gray Catbird  1

Hermit Thrush  5

American Robin  8

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  4

White-throated Sparrow  8

Song Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  1

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Palm Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  3

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171954997

Weston Station Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 29, 2024 9:38 AM – 11:29 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.734 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk with a dozen participants of various experience levels

35 species

Canada Goose  6

Mallard  1

Killdeer  1

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Blue Heron  15

Turkey Vulture  2

Red-tailed Hawk  3

Belted Kingfisher  2

Downy Woodpecker  3

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  8

Tufted Titmouse  5

Tree Swallow  20

Barn Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

House Wren  3    Singing at close range in several different locations

Carolina Wren  5

European Starling  8

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  11

House Sparrow  7

House Finch  7

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  4

Savannah Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  8

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  20

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  8

Yellow-rumped Warbler  5

Northern Cardinal  9

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171043963

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Apr 29, 2024 6:00 AM – 8:24 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.8 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Westboro WMA- 6 participants, warm start, partially sunny, low wind, a good amount of migrants with several new species arriving.

57 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  11

Mute Swan  14

Wood Duck  4

Mallard  6

Bufflehead  9    Continuing on Lake Chauncy.

Common Merganser (North American)  3

Wild Turkey  4

Mourning Dove  6

Chimney Swift  1

Double-crested Cormorant  8

Green Heron  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Bald Eagle  1

Broad-winged Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  6

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4

Least Flycatcher  1    Back fields.

Eastern Kingbird  4

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  5

Blue Jay  12

American Crow  10

Black-capped Chickadee  15

Tufted Titmouse  12

Tree Swallow  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  7    2 pairs. 3 singles.

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  6

Gray Catbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  20

American Goldfinch  12

Chipping Sparrow  4

White-throated Sparrow  20

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  20

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  14

Swamp Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  6

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  24

Brown-headed Cowbird  16

Rusty Blackbird  1

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  20

Northern Waterthrush  1

Black-and-white Warbler  5    Several singles singing, calling and seen in various spots.

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  8    Seemed to be mostly males. Several fighting over territory.

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1    Singing in back fields.

Palm Warbler (Western)  1    Seen well where the gate is by where the Little Chauncy marsh flows under the road in. Adult breeding, tail pumping but plainer than Eastern Palm.  Yellow undertail coverts, whiter belly with dark streaks, yellow throat, white in the facial lines, with a little yellow from the eye to the bill, grayer back, rufous crown.

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  4

Pine Warbler  4

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  25

Northern Cardinal  14

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  6    4 singing males. 2 females.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171043856

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 29, 2024 5:53 AM – 8:19 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.482 mile(s)

37 species

Canada Goose  3

Mallard  5

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  7

Black-crowned Night Heron  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  6

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  11

American Crow  5

Black-capped Chickadee  8

Tufted Titmouse  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Northern House Wren  3    Setting nests in several locations

Carolina Wren  1

American Robin  24

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  18

White-throated Sparrow  17

Song Sparrow  11

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  9

Common Grackle  13

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Northern Parula  2    Visible to entire group in multiple locations.

Palm Warbler  6

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  26

Prairie Warbler  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S200138027

Chandler Pond, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 29, 2024 7:30 AM – 9:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Trip

29 species

Canada Goose  8

Mute Swan  2

Mallard  8

Mourning Dove  4

Spotted Sandpiper  2

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1    Heard only

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Warbling Vireo  3

Blue Jay  5

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Carolina Wren  1    Heard only

European Starling  4

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  X

House Sparrow  7

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  15

Louisiana Waterthrush  1    Seen on east side of pond by Ryan Doherty and Bob Stymist a few days prior. White underparts and bold white eye stripe

Northern Waterthrush  1

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Northern Parula  2    Both singing typical song and both with gray throat band and yellow and orange bib.

Palm Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  20

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171955018