Magazine Beach Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 3, 2025 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club spring migrants walk.
49 species (+2 other taxa)
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 1
Canada Goose 45
Mallard 8
Mallard (Domestic type) 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1 seen by some
Ring-billed Gull 6
American Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 1 flyover
Double-crested Cormorant 18
Great Blue Heron 2
Osprey 1 lower flyby, seen by some
Northern Flicker 2 heard only
American Kestrel 1 great bird- falcon flew up to large oak very briefly. ID’d by reddish breast and white on face.
Peregrine Falcon 2 F in nestbox, one flyover
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 7
Blue Jay 18
American Crow 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Tree Swallow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 25
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
Hermit Thrush 1
House Sparrow 12 many collecting goose down for nests.
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6
Chipping Sparrow 1 on ground by parking circle during introductions
White-throated Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 3 at least 3. all males today.
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 6
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 1 beautiful male, first of year!
American Redstart 1 beautiful male, first of year!
Northern Parula 6
Magnolia Warbler 1 first of year!
Yellow Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S232743027
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