Gore Place, Waltham MA, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 9, 2026 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Unpredictable New England weather rain forecast changed from noon to earlier. Folks were registered so a message went out this morning that the trip was cancelled. Leah of Gore Pl comes all the way from Southborough, so I told her not to bother. Living in Waltham I went to the meeting location where 7 of the 11 registrants actually did show up either because they were fazed about the weather or hadn’t picked up the message.

21 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  4

Mallard  5    2 in the pond & 3 fly over.

Mourning Dove  2

Killdeer  1

gull sp.  1    Fly over most probably a Herring Gull.

Great Blue Heron  1    Fly over.

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  5

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  6    may be an undercount.

American Robin  6

House Sparrow  10

American Goldfinch  1    Heard only.

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Common Grackle  4

Common Yellowthroat  1    Heard only.

Northern Yellow Warbler  1    Heard only.

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1    Heard only.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337292251

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