Magazine Beach Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 15, 2025 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC Walk.
26 species
Canada Goose 36
Mallard 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 6
Ring-billed Gull 6
American Herring Gull 2
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Black-crowned Night Heron 6 5 in flight and one hunting on Boston side of river.
Peregrine Falcon 1 Female in nest box.
Warbling Vireo 9 Mostly hidden and singing around park.
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
European Starling 5
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 8
House Sparrow 3
House Finch 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 4
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 6
Yellow Warbler 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S238924214
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