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

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S233601029

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Upcoming Field Trips

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