Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 18, 2024 6:30 AM – 8:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.2 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Bird Walk Mount Auburn Cemetery

34 species

Canada Goose  7

Mallard  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4

Mourning Dove  4

Herring Gull  3

Great Blue Heron  4

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  4

Northern Flicker  2

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6

Golden-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  4

European Starling  7

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  19

House Sparrow  7

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  3

Dark-eyed Junco  1

White-throated Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  4

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  8

Common Grackle  18

Pine Warbler  3

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S169474035

Willard Brook State Forest, Ashby US-MA 42.66257, -71.79218, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 17, 2024 7:02 AM – 9:04 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.2 mile(s)

19 species

Mallard  1

Mourning Dove  2

Turkey Vulture  2

Belted Kingfisher  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Eastern Phoebe  4

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Hermit Thrush  2

American Robin  10

Pine Siskin  4

American Goldfinch  26

Chipping Sparrow  6

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Louisiana Waterthrush  4    Visual on all the birds. Seen by many. Vocalizing.

Pine Warbler  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S169474025

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 17, 2024 6:27 AM – 9:37 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.418 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, co-led with Larry O’Bryan. Sunny spring day, 43-50 degrees, east wind.

32 species

Canada Goose  3

Mallard  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  6

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  5

Northern Flicker  2

Blue Jay  13

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  8

Tree Swallow  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  7

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

European Starling  3

Northern Mockingbird  1

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  46

House Sparrow  3

Chipping Sparrow  6

Dark-eyed Junco  2

White-throated Sparrow  12

Song Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  13

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S169474032

Arlington Reservoir, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

14-Apr-2024 07:02 – 08:57

Protocol: Traveling

1.17 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Menotomy and BBC bird walk. 20 people at the outset.

34 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  5

American Black Duck  2

Green-winged Teal  5

Bufflehead  3

Ruddy Duck  18

Mourning Dove  4

Killdeer  4

Herring Gull  1

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1    caught food. Probably a squirrel.

hawk sp.  3    just wasn’t sure. My first impression was osprey. 3 bird cirling in the sun direction. I couldn’t see any red on the tails. Fair mount of patterning on the under wing. Maybe dark shoulders, but I just wasn’t confident of ID.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  6

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

European Starling  3

American Robin  13

House Sparrow  4

American Goldfinch  11

Chipping Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  7

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Common Grackle  7

Palm Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S168657337

Plumbush Marshes, Essex, Massachusetts, US

13-Apr-2024 09:24 – 09:57

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club – Birding Sketchcrawl Trip. Partly sunny, low to mid-50s, little wind.  Stop at Pink House.

8 species

Great Egret  4

American Crow  5

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  2

American Goldfinch  1

Song Sparrow  7

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Plum Island (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US

13-Apr-2024 10:11 – 11:11

Protocol: Traveling

2.56 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club Birding Sketchcrawl Trip. Partly sunny, low to mid-50s, little wind.

16 species (+1 other taxa)

Wild Turkey  1

Killdeer  5

Greater Yellowlegs  1

gull sp.  13

Great Egret  8

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey  1

Northern Harrier  1

Bald Eagle  1

Short-eared Owl  1

Tree Swallow  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  3

American Goldfinch  2

Song Sparrow  5

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Common Grackle  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S168657324

Spencer Peirce Little Farm, Essex, Massachusetts, US

13-Apr-2024 11:59 – 12:34

8 species

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Northern Flicker  3

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  1

Tufted Titmouse  2

Song Sparrow  3

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S168657330

Horn Pond Recreation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

13-Apr-2024 08:06 – 10:15

Protocol: Traveling

2.22 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Mbc bbc walk

38 species

Canada Goose  8

Mute Swan  2

Mallard  4

Red-breasted Merganser  1    Continuing, female

Mourning Dove  6

Red-throated Loon  1    Continuing, small bill slightly up turned

Double-crested Cormorant  7

Great Blue Heron  2

Turkey Vulture  1

Bald Eagle  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  3

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  7

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  4

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

European Starling  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  14

House Sparrow  12

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  6

Field Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  5

Palm Warbler  4

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S168657320

Brooks Estate, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

10-Apr-2024 08:09 – 10:14

Protocol: Traveling

1.19 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Mbc/bbc walk

29 species

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  9

Wild Turkey  1

Great Blue Heron  2

Cooper’s Hawk  3

Barred Owl  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  7

Downy Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  9

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Tufted Titmouse  6

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

Golden-crowned Kinglet  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Carolina Wren  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  10

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco  5

White-throated Sparrow  9

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Palm Warbler  3

Pine Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S168657294

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

09-Apr-2024 06:45 – 08:45

Protocol: Traveling

2.2 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Walk at Fresh Pond

36 species

Canada Goose  7

Northern Shoveler  2

Mallard  4

Common Merganser  1

Mourning Dove  6

Ring-billed Gull  4

Herring Gull  5

Belted Kingfisher  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  6

Downy Woodpecker  5

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  3

Eastern Phoebe  4

Blue Jay  14

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  6

Tree Swallow  11

Golden-crowned Kinglet  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Carolina Wren  4

European Starling  7

American Robin  23

House Sparrow  4

House Finch  5

American Goldfinch  7

Dark-eyed Junco  4

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  9

Red-winged Blackbird  14

Brown-headed Cowbird  5

Common Grackle  8

Palm Warbler  6

Yellow-rumped Warbler  3

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S167923245

Lynnfield Marsh–Railroad Bed, Essex, Massachusetts, US

08-Apr-2024 17:58 – 20:04

Protocol: Traveling

0.48 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC LYNNFIELD MARSH TRIP Leader: Melissa Sovay 

A lovely evening at the Lynnfield Marsh / Reedy Meadows along the rail-bed, following a spectacular 93% solar eclipse in Massachusetts on this day! Peepers boisterous, Beaver & Muskrat present.

☀️☀️

Clear sky

Temperature: 56 – 64°F

30 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  14    Golf course

Wood Duck  4

Blue-winged Teal  1    Flushed at dusk and saw powder blue shoulder patches.

Mallard  4

American Black Duck  2

Green-winged Teal (American)  4

duck sp.  3

Mourning Dove  2

Virginia Rail (Virginia)  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4

Northern Harrier  1    Female / Immature type

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  16

Marsh Wren  3    Vocalizing their rattling call throughout

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  14

American Robin  6

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Swamp Sparrow  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  35

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Rusty Blackbird  18    Count was only what were seen perched on railbed trees and a few over Perry Ave area. Also distant flights in school of fish like flights but noted in blackbird sp. count.

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  38

blackbird sp.  65    Distant flights in school of fish like behavior as expected by Rusty Blackbirds.

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S167923212

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

07-Apr-2024 06:45 – 08:55

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA, leader Nick Paulson, cold start, overcast, occasionally windy. 4 participants.

43 species

Canada Goose  12

Mute Swan  34

Wood Duck  9

Mallard  10

Ring-necked Duck  12

Lesser Scaup  9

Bufflehead  8

Common Goldeneye  1    Female seen off beach before walk, disappeared.

Common Merganser (North American)  5

Pied-billed Grebe  4    2 on each lake.

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8

Mourning Dove  7

Killdeer  5

Double-crested Cormorant  6

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (carolinensis)  2

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  14

Fish Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  12

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  8

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  75

House Sparrow  1

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  12

White-throated Sparrow  16

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  12

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  120

Brown-headed Cowbird  30

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  80

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S167923153

Bartlett Pond, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

07-Apr-2024 09:20 – 09:45

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Trip – Leader Nick Paulson – Westboro WMA stop 2.

28 species

Canada Goose  8

Mute Swan  3

Wood Duck  5

Mallard  2

American Black Duck  2

Ring-necked Duck  14

Mourning Dove  1

Osprey (carolinensis)  2

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  5

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  40

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  6

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  10

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  7

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  40

Brown-headed Cowbird  5

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  120

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S167923192