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

Heard Farm Conservation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 14, 2026 6:28 AM – 8:44 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.951 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    A great morning walk with Chris.

Got a little dicey with a downpour, but it cleared out pretty quickly.

52 species

Canada Goose  1

Wood Duck  2

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  2

Killdeer  1

American Herring Gull  6

Great Blue Heron  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

Yellow-throated Vireo  1    Posting so many photos just because of how hard it’s been for me to find this species, ha. 10 encounters back to 2023 but first photos.

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  1

Common Raven  1    Making up some fun sounds

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tree Swallow  15

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Brown Creeper  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  5

Northern House Wren  2

Marsh Wren  1

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  8

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  3

Cedar Waxwing  5

American Goldfinch  5

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  6

Bobolink  14    At least 14. Largest flights in three fields of 4, 4, and 6

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  6

Ovenbird  1

Northern Waterthrush  2

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  5

American Redstart  3

Northern Parula  2

Magnolia Warbler  1

Bay-breasted Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  9

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S339385947

Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

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With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

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