Franklin Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
May 22, 2022 8:09 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Bird walk co-sponsored by Brookline Bird Club, Franklin Park Coalition, and the Emerald Necklace Bird Club. Leaders Mike Byrant, Justine Hanson, Stephen Baird. Warm, high 70s warming up to 80s. Lots of activity at Scarboro Pond. Most warbler heard, difficult to see.
41 species
Canada Goose  8
Mallard  8
Mourning Dove  3
Chimney Swift  10
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  2
Broad-winged Hawk  1    Juvenile, seen briefly by a few at the end. Molting feathers. Small buteo.
Red-tailed Hawk  1    Perched on the Shattuck at end of walk.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1    Heard in distance
Great Crested Flycatcher  1    Seen by a few
Eastern Kingbird  3
Warbling Vireo  3
Blue Jay  4
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  5
Gray Catbird  2
American Robin  8
Cedar Waxwing  4
House Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  1
Baltimore Oriole  5
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  9
Tennessee Warbler  1
American Redstart  1
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Canada Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S111033185

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Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

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Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

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