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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2026 Bill Drummond Young Birders Scholarship Application Available The Brookline Bird Club will again offer two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The scholarship covers [...]
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