Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Oct 5, 2025 7:55 AM – 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC Brook Farm Walk 10-5-25
33 species
Canada Goose 36
Wood Duck 10
Mallard 4
Mourning Dove 1
Sora 2 By third bridge
Great Blue Heron 2
Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group) 1 Heard near first Bridge
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1 Flew away, near print shop parking lot
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 12
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 4
Gray Catbird 5
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 6
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
White-throated Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 2
Nashville Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277881634
Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Oct 5, 2025 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
17 species
Wood Duck 11
Mallard 2
American Black Duck 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 17
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
American Goldfinch 1
Savannah Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 8
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Dickcissel 1 Heard near First Bridge in purple asters
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277881630
Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Oct 5, 2025 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
14 species
Mallard 25
American Black Duck 6
Green-winged Teal 8 6 ducklings
Killdeer 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Common Raven 3 1 by itself 2 later
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 15
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277881627
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