May 5, 2025 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
29 species
Canada Goose 5
Mute Swan 4
Mallard 4
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Northern Flicker 2
Warbling Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
Tree Swallow 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12
Barn Swallow 1
European Starling 20
Gray Catbird 4
American Robin 15
House Sparrow 10
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Common Grackle 17
Northern Waterthrush 1 heard only. west side of pond
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Northern Parula 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Northern Cardinal 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S242395045
Chandler Pond, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
May 5, 2025 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
29 species
Canada Goose 5
Mute Swan 4
Mallard 4
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Northern Flicker 2
Warbling Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
Tree Swallow 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12
Barn Swallow 1
European Starling 20
Gray Catbird 4
American Robin 15
House Sparrow 10
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Common Grackle 17
Northern Waterthrush 1 heard only. west side of pond
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Northern Parula 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Northern Cardinal 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S242395045
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Upcoming Field Trips
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Midweek Hunt for Alcids and Seabirds
Join us for a mid-week hunt for alcids and other wintering seabirds. Be prepared for cold and windy weather. If bad weather is predicted, contact the leader by 6:00 pm the previous evening.
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Millennium Park
Join us to look for birds in a unique urban habitat that often draws numerous uncommon and rare birds. Birders of all levels will enjoy this trip. The trails are flat and easy to walk. We may offer optional 30-60 minute trip extensions to adjacent locations such as West Roxbury High School Marsh and/or Brook [...]
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Sconticut Neck and West Island, Fairhaven
We will make several stops on the neck and then onto West Island to search for winter ducks, loons, grebes and shorebirds.
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Belle Isle Marsh and Vicinity
Led by DCR staff. We will search on foot up to one mile, on flat, easy terrain for snowy owls and other raptors, native sparrows, finches, waterfowl, and other birds. This is a traveling program by car or bike. Prepare for ticks. Ages: Adults and kids 8 years+ with adult chaperone. Binoculars recommended. ADA/Reasonable Accommodations [...]
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Race Point Beach
Let’s start the year with some awesome birds! We will bird from the beach close to the parking lot. We may walk the beach depending on participants interest. Several species of alcids are possible as well as gannets, Iceland and Glaucous Gulls and three loon species. Dress for cold windy weather. We may try other [...]