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

Sep 14, 2025 8:05 AM – 10:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.75 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC-Boston Nature Center Birdwalk at BNC 9-14-25

35 species

Canada Goose  80

Wild Turkey  25    BNC is loaded with turkeys

Mourning Dove  9

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3

Solitary Sandpiper  1

Least Sandpiper  1

American Herring Gull  1

Green Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey  1

Cooper’s Hawk  3

Red-shouldered Hawk  1    Hanging out in largest community garden

Red-tailed Hawk  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  3

Merlin  1

Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  1

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Northern House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  3

Gray Catbird  7

American Robin  5

Cedar Waxwing  3

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow  5

Common Grackle  2

Magnolia Warbler  1    Seen by Sam Harris

Blackpoll Warbler  1    Seen by Sam Harris

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S274307386

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