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Magazine Beach Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 6, 2026 6:00 AM – 8:56 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.634 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Accidental BBC walk lead by Peter Modest. Originally scheduled for 6-7:30PM but posted as 6-7:30AM. Peter showed up “late” around 6:15 and didn’t realize he was leading a walk for a good 30 mins into it – just birding with friends. 

Highlights included Blue-winged Warbler (first report of park), Magnolia Warblers, Nashville Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Indigo Bunting, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Green Heron, Least Flycatcher and at least 8 Baltimore Orioles. One of the most fun walks- unbridled excitement and immaculate vibes.

51 species (+3 other taxa)

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)  14

Canada Goose  40

Mallard  8

Mallard (Domestic type)  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  25

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  10

Ring-billed Gull  12

American Herring Gull  3

Double-crested Cormorant  4

Green Heron  1    FOY- flying over multiple times

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (American)  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Peregrine Falcon (North American)  1

Least Flycatcher  1    likely empid from yesterday

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  3

Blue-headed Vireo  3

Eastern Warbling Vireo  7

Blue Jay  26

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  4

European Starling  60

Gray Catbird  10

Northern Mockingbird  3

American Robin  14

Cedar Waxwing  12

House Sparrow  10

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  2

White-throated Sparrow  2

Savannah Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  8

Baltimore Oriole  8

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  8

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  22

Ovenbird  1    FOY

Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush  1    originally marked NOWA, but leaning LOWA. would love insight on this bird. really no marks on throat, pretty light breast with daintier streaking, pretty light but a bit buffy through flank… all seem like good LOWA characteristics, but i’m hesitant to call it.

Blue-winged Warbler  1    first of park! seen in mixed flock of YRWA, BTGR, BAWW, BCCH at goose park

Black-and-white Warbler  3

Nashville Warbler  1

Northern Parula  1

Magnolia Warbler  2    FOY 1 in the ditch, one seen by PM at corner of granite and magazine

Northern Yellow Warbler  4

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  5

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  2

Indigo Bunting  1    FOY – landed by audubon building briefly before flying south

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S333879443

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ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

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