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Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 12, 2026 8:01 AM – 10:54 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.085 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    24

47 species

Canada Goose  13

Wood Duck  4

Mallard  2

American Black Duck  3

Green-winged Teal (American)  2

Common Merganser (North American)  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

Mourning Dove  8

Killdeer  1

Wilson’s Snipe  3    Sunning and preening in the sun  along shore opposite of the canoe launch

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4

Turkey Vulture  1

Bald Eagle  2    Adults, seen near Ruins Trail parking lot

Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group)  1    Immature in full soar over summit parking lot

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Belted Kingfisher  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  3

Fish Crow  7    Continuing flock

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  8

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1    seen near end of Ruins Trail heading in direction of high school

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  2

Northern Mockingbird  5

American Robin  5

House Sparrow  4

American Goldfinch  5

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  2

Swamp Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  1    Male, Ruins Trail

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  9

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  3

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S322465356

Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 12, 2026 10:54 AM – 11:46 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.532 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    8

20 species

Canada Goose  3

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  4

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  8

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

House Finch  4

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Common Grackle  3

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S322465341

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Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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