Boston Public Garden, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
11-May-2023 06:30 – 09:00
Protocol: Traveling
0.8 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC Walk, 58 degrees, sunny though hazy.  Very quiet to start but NW corner got very active when sun hit tree tops.
37 species
Canada Goose  3
Mallard  21
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  9
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  12
Herring Gull  6
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  1    fly over
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Least Flycatcher  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  6
Black-capped Chickadee  6
European Starling  19
Gray Catbird  1
American Robin  11
House Sparrow  X
American Goldfinch  1
Chipping Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  18
Baltimore Oriole  2
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  8
Ovenbird  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Northern Parula  1
Magnolia Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  17
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Wilson’s Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S137135860

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