Blue Hills Reservation, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

May 13, 2026 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. Success! We found our three main target species: Worm-eating Warbler, Indigo Bunting and Prairie Warbler. Spectacular views over Boston

22 species

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  6

Great Blue Heron  1    Flyover

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1    Heard

Red-eyed Vireo  1    Heard, maybe a glimpse

Black-capped Chickadee  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Wood Thrush  2

American Robin  3

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  4

Ovenbird  6    Saw one

Worm-eating Warbler  3    Saw one on the way up, and three on the way back down. Some kind of territorial dispute. Great looks. Usual location.

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Northern Parula  1    Heard

Pine Warbler  3

Prairie Warbler  2

Scarlet Tanager  2

Indigo Bunting  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S338692516

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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