Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

GMNWR, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 15, 2022 5:30 AM – 8:47 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip.  Mostly on rail trail.  A little in the rail trail parking lot and the Ludlow Griscom loop.
55 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  25
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  12
Mallard  6
Wild Turkey  1
Mourning Dove  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs  7    Likely lesser.  Flyover by a flock
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Great Blue Heron  4
Green Heron  1
Osprey  3
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
woodpecker sp.  2
Willow Flycatcher  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  5
Eastern Kingbird  8
Yellow-throated Vireo  3    Singing in trees around Griscom Loop and one between the marsh and route 20
Warbling Vireo  3
Blue Jay  2
Fish Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  12
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
House Wren  1
Marsh Wren  10
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  4
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  5
Cedar Waxwing  2
House Sparrow  4
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  12
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  10
Swamp Sparrow  7
Baltimore Oriole  7
Red-winged Blackbird  30
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  8
Ovenbird  1
Northern Waterthrush  1
Common Yellowthroat  10
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  15
Northern Cardinal  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S110289336

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