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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