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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