Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Nov 10, 2024 7:58 AM – 10:48 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.85 mile(s)
46 species
Canada Goose 81
Mute Swan 3
Mallard 18
Green-winged Teal (American) 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 26
Killdeer 5
Ring-billed Gull 5
American Herring Gull 1
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon (North American) 1 Immature
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 4
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 89
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 11
Purple Finch 1 Heard and seen with the group
American Goldfinch 8
Field Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 7
White-throated Sparrow 9
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 13
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Rusty Blackbird 1 Adult breeding plumage, yellow iris
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 2
Northern Cardinal 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S206234222
Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Nov 10, 2024 10:45 AM – 11:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
9 species
Wood Duck 13
Mallard 2
American Black Duck 2
Mourning Dove 3
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S206234218
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