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McLaughlin Woods, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 19, 2026 6:23 AM – 8:04 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.455 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk.  Started off slowly, as we couldn’t find several things I’d heard early in the am.  But then things picked up a lot!  Great looks at a silent empid at the top field, Willow/Alder type, I think Alder but couldn’t be sure.  Also several warblers including BT Blue.  Later, along the main path we had great looks at two different Bay-breasteds and finished with a Canada (found by a birder who had gotten there late) which gave extended looks.  Thanks to all participants!

41 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  1    Flyover

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  5

American Herring Gull  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  2

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher)  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Red-eyed Vireo  8

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  4

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  8

Gray Catbird  20

American Robin  16

Cedar Waxwing  2

House Sparrow  10

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  1

Baltimore Oriole  2

Common Grackle  1

Ovenbird  1

Black-and-white Warbler  4

Common Yellowthroat  6

American Redstart  5

Northern Parula  4

Magnolia Warbler  4

Bay-breasted Warbler  2    Different individuals

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  2

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Canada Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  2

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S342728408

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