Magazine Beach Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 17, 2026 7:29 AM – 9:47 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.552 mile(s)

53 species

Canada Goose  35

Mallard  10

Green-winged Teal  1    continuing at goose park

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  20

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  14

Ring-billed Gull  8

American Herring Gull  5

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Double-crested Cormorant  12

Black-crowned Night Heron  2

Green Heron  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (American)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Peregrine Falcon (North American)  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  6

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  2

Tree Swallow  4

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Gray Catbird  8

Northern Mockingbird  2

Veery  2

Swainson’s Thrush (Olive-backed)  1

Cedar Waxwing  15    flyover

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  12

Chipping Sparrow  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  3

Swamp Sparrow  2

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  6

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  6

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  8

Ovenbird  1

Northern Waterthrush  1

Black-and-white Warbler  4

Common Yellowthroat  2

American Redstart  4

Northern Parula  2

Magnolia Warbler  2

Bay-breasted Warbler  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  4

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  2

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Wilson’s Warbler  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S341266185

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