Magazine Beach Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 25, 2026 8:43 AM – 10:19 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.487 mile(s)
32 species (+1 other taxa)
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 22
Canada Goose 35
Mallard 22
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 40
Ring-billed Gull 8
American Herring Gull 2
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern) 1 doc photos- bird came to trees surrounding phragmites and then soared up to the north
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 5
American Kestrel 1 from early in the walk- what we thought was 2 peregrines were a peregrine chasing a kestrel!
Peregrine Falcon (North American) 2 first time seeing both in the box, bowing mating behavior
Eastern Phoebe 1 ho by the ditch- other shockingly accurate NOMO vocalizations
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
European Starling 70
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 40 multiple birds varying nesting materials and completing nest building
House Sparrow 8
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 8
Chipping Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 5
Song Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 12
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 18
Northern Cardinal 2
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