Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 25, 2025 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. Overcast, difficult light. Lots of birds, most of them were Yellow-rumped Warblers.

24 species

Canada Goose  6

Mallard  3

Common Merganser  3    One male, two females

Ruddy Duck  20    Estimate. Birds scattered across the reservoir

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  4

Killdeer  2

Spotted Sandpiper  1    Common here, bit early?

American Herring Gull  4

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Northern Flicker  1    heard

Blue-headed Vireo  2    Saw one, heard another

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  1

American Robin  6

American Goldfinch  3

Dark-eyed Junco  2

White-throated Sparrow  2

Common Grackle  1

Northern Parula  1    heard

Palm Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  30

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S229385650

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