Charles River Bike Path–Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 2, 2026 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: 9 New Englanders braved the shower chance possibilities for the “birding trip.” We got spritzed on a couple of times but not wet. We had a variety of birds, Yellow Warbler, Yellow Rumped Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Male Wood Duck, Great Blue Heron, 2 Black Crowned Night Heron, Savannah Sparrow, Tree & Rough-winged Swallows, Chimney Swifts, Female & Male Red Wing Blackbirds…, someone had asked about the Red Wing Blackbirds diet which I didn’t know so I looked it up & they have a very varied diet of seeds, insects, snails, etc…,
28 species
Canada Goose 14
Wood Duck 1 One male Wood Duck.
Mallard 9
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 5
American Herring Gull 4
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Black-crowned Night Heron 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Downy Woodpecker 2 Heard only.
Eastern Warbling Vireo 5
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Carolina Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 1 In Shaw’s parking lot upon 1st arrival.
American Robin 6
House Sparrow 5
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 3 Heard only.
Savannah Sparrow 2 Documentation photo out of focus but I think yellow above eye may be recognizable.
Song Sparrow 1 Heard only.
Red-winged Blackbird 7 Female & male.
Common Grackle 10
Northern Yellow Warbler 1 Seen by all but photo did not come out.
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 1 Heard only.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332103140
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