Magazine Beach Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 11, 2024 7:15 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club and Mass Audubon walk
51 species (+3 other taxa)
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 12 Most at Goose Park
Canada Goose 50 Mixed between MBP and Goose Park
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid) 4 Goose Park
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 16
Mallard (Domestic type) 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 25 On/around BU bridge
Mourning Dove 4 Mixed in feeding on ground at Goose Park
Chimney Swift 1
Killdeer 1 Heard flyover
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 6
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
Eastern Kingbird 4
Warbling Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 6
House Wren 1
European Starling 6
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 8
House Sparrow 12
American Goldfinch 8
Chipping Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 5
Baltimore Oriole 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Ovenbird 2
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 1 Singing by Audubon building
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 3
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1 Goose Park
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Goose Park
Palm Warbler 1 Slightly late
Prairie Warbler 1 1F seen just before walk kicked off
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 1F seen by some in minutes leading up to walk
Wilson’s Warbler 1 Seen by some by wastewater treatment building
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 1F seen by some early in walk
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174592417
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