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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Bird with the BBC to Honor Dana Jewell and Ingeborg Burgaff
Stoneham - Greenwood Park 176 Pond St, Stoneham, MA, United StatesSpace is limited - Registration required. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bird-with-the-brookline-bird-club-to-honor-dana-jewell-and-ingeborg-burgaff-tickets-1982192622493?aff=oddtdtcreator Join the Brookline Bird Club and Friends of the Fells to spot migrating bird species as they travel back north amidst the warming spring weather. With the right conditions, we expect to see 10 species of warblers or more! This walk is in honor of Dana Jewell and
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Mount Auburn Cemetery (on BBC Big Day)
Mount Auburn Cemetery 536 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThis is BBC's Big Day (and Cornell's Global Big Day). Start your lists early at Mt Auburn with Jared's expert eyes and ears! Don't forget to share you lists on May 9 with ebird account BBCBigDay. Note: 2 walks this morning, second at 9am with Ibrahim is also listed on our calendar https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/tripevent/mount-auburn-cemetery-110/
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Big Day Kickoff at Parker River NWR
Hellcat Parking Lot (PRNWR) Refuge Rd, Newbury, MA, United StatesKick off your big day at Parker River NWR with Marilyn! We'll try to see everything possible at PRNWR. (Be sure to share all your Massachusetts lists that day with ebird account BBCBigDay!) Car pooling will be encouraged because parking could be tough at certain locations. A lot of people will be doing big days!
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Rock Meadow & Beaver Brook North
Belmont - Rock Meadow 300 Mill St, Belmont, MA, United StatesCome join us for a walk at scenic Rock Meadow and Beaver Brook North, home of open fields, wetlands, ample woods and edge habitat, and public gardens which attract a wide variety of migrating warblers, vireos, and buntings. Hiking is relatively easy, and should be a bit under two miles total at most, if we
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Pawtucket Farm Wildlife Sanctuary
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