Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Mar 15, 2026 7:57 AM – 9:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.789 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club trip, Neil Calabro and Mike McCarthy co-leaders.
24 species
Canada Goose 6
Wood Duck 4
American Black Duck 2
Mourning Dove 8
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1 Immature
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Adult female
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1 Drum
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Carolina Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 15
American Tree Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 6
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 16
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S311489499
Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Mar 15, 2026 9:26 AM – 11:26 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Extension to BBC Bird Walk on 3-15-26. Walk co-led by Neil Calabro & Michael McCarthy.
27 species
Canada Goose 11
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 6
American Black Duck 16
Green-winged Teal 8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 3
Killdeer 2
American Herring Gull 2
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 4 heard flying and calling, seen as well
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 4
House Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 24
Common Grackle 10
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S311489527
Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Mar 15, 2026 10:50 AM – 12:05 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Extension to BBC Bird Walk on 3-15-26. Walk co-led by Michael McCarthy.
22 species
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 8
American Black Duck 16
Green-winged Teal 3
Ring-necked Duck 2
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 2
Mourning Dove 3
Killdeer 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 2
Fish Crow 3 Heard well by north basin, seen perched. May be the same birds previously reported for Millennium Park.
Black-capped Chickadee 2 Pair excavating possible nest hole in a snag off boardwalk
Tufted Titmouse 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 4
Song Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 8
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S311489557
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