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

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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