Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Boston Nature Center Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Mar 22, 2026 8:00 AM – 10:53 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.36 kilometer(s)

Checklist Comments:    Joint Brookline Bird Club/ Boston Nature Center

Co-Leaders : Mike McCarthy, Neil Calabro, Correne George & Samuel Harris

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Overcast clouds

Temperature: 38 – 41°F

39 species

Canada Goose  1    Heard honking from Harvard St

Mallard  2    Pair hiding

Wild Turkey  10    9m & 1f

Mourning Dove  6

Killdeer  2

Ring-billed Gull  3    Adults

American Herring Gull  12    10 Adults & 2 First Cycles

Cooper’s Hawk  1    Male

Bald Eagle  1    First Cycle headed NW

Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group)  1    *Early. First Year soared over Mass Biologics heading SE. Distinctive Acciptrine-like flight, brown streaked chest, black-tipped primaries (a few were badly worn out) & brown banded tail. Attempted, but failed to get a photo.

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1    Female working on nest

Barred Owl  1    Heard distinctive, yet mumbled “Hoo-ya-hoo-hoo” from behind BNC headquarters parking lot

Belted Kingfisher  1    Male flying NE

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Pileated Woodpecker  1    *Heard loud chiseling into Cottonwoods along Margaret’s Meadow. Likely left the area headed SE, but unknown. Mike & Neil heard the boisterous monkey-like call from the trees.

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  7

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  6

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1    *Seen briefly atop Sugar Maples and heard its distinctive “chit-chit” before it took off. Couldn’t relocate for a photo sadly.

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  15    Mumurations flying SE

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  12

House Sparrow  1    Lone call heard by houses

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  1    Faint calls heard around marsh

Fox Sparrow (Red)  2    In thickets along Fox Trail

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1    Male flew from gardens to feeders

White-throated Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  22    Males preparing

Brown-headed Cowbird  2    Males called briefly

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  12

Northern Cardinal  5    Males only

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S314245419

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