Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jun 1, 2025 7:55 AM – 9:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
30 species
Canada Goose 6
Chimney Swift 30
Great Blue Heron 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Warbling Vireo 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Common Raven 2
Tufted Titmouse 4
Tree Swallow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 4
Cedar Waxwing 8
American Goldfinch 4
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow Warbler 5
Pine Warbler 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117589
Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jun 1, 2025 10:10 AM – 12:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
17 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard 2
Mallard (Domestic type) 1
Chimney Swift 25
Great Blue Heron 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 2
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Yellow Warbler 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117604
Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jun 1, 2025 11:10 AM
Protocol: Incidental
14 species
Mourning Dove 2
Killdeer 1
Green Heron 3
Great Blue Heron 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 6
Yellow Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117597
St. James Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jun 1, 2025 11:58 AM – 12:28 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
15 species
Chimney Swift 1
Killdeer 1
Green Heron 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Warbling Vireo 4
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
European Starling 2
American Robin 5
Cedar Waxwing 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Common Grackle 5
Yellow Warbler 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117595
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Southwick WMA
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Millennium Park
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Pine Hill Road Grassland
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