Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2026 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.7 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Bird Walk to Brook Farm, co-led by Mike McCarthy & Neil Calabro 5-2-26

Temperature: 49 – 53°F

Wind: Light breeze – gentle breeze

25 species

Canada Goose  4

Wood Duck  4

Wild Turkey  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Northern House Wren (Northern)  1

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  5

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  4

Swamp Sparrow  4

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  6

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  4

Northern Yellow Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332096192

Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2026 9:27 AM – 10:37 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.233 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk, Neil Calabro and Mike McCarthy co-leaders. 

Temperature: 53°F

Wind: Light breeze – gentle breeze

42 species

Canada Goose  10

Mute Swan  5

Mallard  1

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  12    Flock flying around the high school and marsh

Killdeer  1

Solitary Sandpiper  1

Greater Yellowlegs  1

American Herring Gull  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1    Immature

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  24

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4

Barn Swallow (American)  6

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  2

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  18

House Sparrow  4

White-throated Sparrow  2

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3

Swamp Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  7

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  7

Northern Parula  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  3

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  6

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332096177

Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2026 10:50 AM – 12:20 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.25 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Bird Walk to Brook Farm, co-led by Mike McCarthy & Neil Calabro 5-2-26

Temperature: 55 – 56°F

Wind: Mostly calm – moderate breeze

37 species

Canada Goose  2

Mute Swan  1

Mallard  6

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  3

Killdeer  2

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Ring-billed Gull  2

Double-crested Cormorant  52    Flying over heading NNE

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (American)  2    On probable nest on cell phone tower platform in Nat Grid parking lot

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Phoebe  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  3

Fish Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  2

Barn Swallow (American)  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

European Starling  14

Gray Catbird  4

Northern Mockingbird  6

American Robin  6

House Sparrow  9

American Goldfinch  5

White-throated Sparrow  4

Savannah Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3

Orchard Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  8

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  22

Northern Yellow Warbler  8

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332096161

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

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