Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 20, 2024 6:30 AM – 8:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott

31 species

Canada Goose  18

Mute Swan  2

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  40

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Herring Gull  2

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1    heard

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Kingbird  1    heard

Blue-headed Vireo  1    Seen and heard. Late

Warbling Vireo  1    heard

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  1

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  5

American Goldfinch  2

Baltimore Oriole  1    heard

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Common Grackle  3

Black-and-white Warbler  1

American Redstart  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1    heard

Yellow-rumped Warbler  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S176621014

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