Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
May 31, 2026 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Bird Walk 5-31-26, co-led by Neil Calabro & Michael McCarthy
40 species
Mallard 1
Chimney Swift 2
American Herring Gull 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Warbling Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Northern House Wren 7
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 7
Gray Catbird 4
American Robin 8
Cedar Waxwing 7
American Goldfinch 8
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow 5
Baltimore Oriole 8
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 6
Black-and-white Warbler 2 Heard near entrance to cemetery
Common Yellowthroat 5
American Redstart 4
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Northern Yellow Warbler 4
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S352799082
Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
May 31, 2026 10:46 AM – 11:31 AM
Song Sparrow 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Yellow Warbler 1
Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
May 31, 2026 11:47 AM – 12:32 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.7 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Bird Walk 5-31-26, co-led by Neil Calabro & Michael McCarthy
14 species
Mute Swan 1
Chimney Swift 2
Killdeer 2
Black-crowned Night Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Great Blue Heron 4
Osprey 2
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Northern Yellow Warbler 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S352799122
Cow Island Pond, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
May 31, 2026 12:45 PM – 1:05 PM
Tree Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 2 Observed flying over water from 20 ft away. Orangey brown around throat/breast. No birds with forked tails flying nearby.
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