Boston Nature Center Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
May 4, 2025 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
50 species
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal 2
Wild Turkey 6
Chimney Swift 3
Killdeer 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Osprey 1 Flying over
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sighted over stump dump
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 8
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 4
Carolina Wren 3
Gray Catbird 5
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 4
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 6
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 1
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 1 Heard in parking lot
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
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Cold Spring Park, Newton
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Birding Sketch Crawl – Fall Series
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Plum Island
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Barretts Mill Farmland
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Hellcat at Parker River NWR
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