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Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 9, 2026 8:00 AM – 10:59 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.279 kilometer(s)

Checklist Comments:    Joint BBC/BNC Walk

Leaders: Mike McCarthy, Neil Calabro & Samuel Harris 

Boat Launch Lot to Bus Stop via High School Marsh

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Clear sky

47 species (+3 other taxa)

Canada Goose  136

Wood Duck  5    2 Drakes, 1 Hen & 1 Juvenile

Mallard  23

American Black Duck  1    Hen

Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)  1    Male in HS Marsh

Mourning Dove  18

Chimney Swift  15

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Killdeer  6

Spotted Sandpiper  2    Adult and juvenile

Solitary Sandpiper  4    Exact Count. Individuals foraging in mudflats across from the boat ramp.

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Least Sandpiper  7

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Green Heron  4    2 adults, 2 juveniles

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2

Osprey (American)  2    Pair

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-shouldered Hawk  1    *Soaring juvenile over the North Basin. Body was entirely fresh, no wing molt evident, even while partially backlit. Got good looks through scope showing their warm brown upperbody, brown striated chest & belly, pale primary crescents, and long banded tail as the sun was angled perfectly.

Buteo sp.  1    RTHA? Soaring above Needham side of railroad tracks.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1    Juvenile flew N from boat launch

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2    Pair chatting by boat launch

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  4

Eastern Kingbird  3

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1    Singing from Honeylocusts by boat launch

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  1

American/Fish Crow  1    Headed NE along Cutler with heavy wing molt.

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Barn Swallow (American)  9    Flocking below train bridge & marsh. Oddly no TRESs with them.

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern)  3    Pair together plus one nearby where Ruins Trail splits off Loop trail

Northern House Wren (Northern)  2

European Starling  130    Estimate

Gray Catbird  13

Northern Mockingbird  4

American Robin  5

Cedar Waxwing  13

House Sparrow  4

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  5

Swamp Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  9

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  3    2 Singing

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S382241832

Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 9, 2026 11:00 AM – 11:11 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.642 kilometer(s)

Checklist Comments:    Joint BBC/BNC Walk

Leaders: Neil Calabro & Samuel Harris 

Mike left our journey by the Bus Stop, so we continued towards the Boat Ramp from there

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Clear sky

11 species

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1    Wild Type

Mourning Dove  8

Chimney Swift  2

Osprey (American)  1    Soaring above railroad tracks

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1    Adult circling railroad tracks

Black-capped Chickadee  1    Calling from Pine trees

European Starling  1    Juvenile with HOSPs

Northern Mockingbird  6    1 Juvenile called from soccer field fence

House Sparrow  35    Estimated. Flock hunkering in bushes along tracks.

American Goldfinch  1    Heard

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S382241826

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