Charles River Esplanade, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 15, 2024 7:15 AM – 8:23 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.472 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Overall typical resident breeding birds except a nightjar.

21 species

Canada Goose  45    15 chicks

Mallard  5

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  2

Chuck-will’s-widow  1    Large nightjar, grackle size, modeled buff, brown, and black; very long wings, extending out over the back and crossing; no white visible on bird; very rumpled appearance overall. Photo.

Chimney Swift  1

Spotted Sandpiper  2

Herring Gull  12

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Double-crested Cormorant  16

Warbling Vireo  3

Tree Swallow  1

European Starling  11

Gray Catbird  2

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  15

American Goldfinch  1

Song Sparrow  3

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Common Grackle  3

Common Yellowthroat  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174982451