Boston Public Garden, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
May 3, 2018 6:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC Walk, 73 degrees and cloudy
29 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  2
Mute Swan  2     Romeo and Juliet have returned to the park
Mallard  9
Double-crested Cormorant  1     flyover
Red-tailed Hawk  1
gull sp.  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Merlin  1     Seen by other birders
Blue-headed Vireo  1     Seen by other birders
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  1
European Starling  4
Northern Parula  1
Palm Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  15
White-throated Sparrow  8
Savannah Sparrow  1     seen by other birders
Song Sparrow  1
Lincoln’s Sparrow  1     Seen by Dexter Hunneman
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Grackle  8
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45381534

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