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

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

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S327125014

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