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

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

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