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
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