Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 10, 2024 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk led by David Scott. Great group, good birds. Abundant Yellow Warblers and Common Yellowthroats, and a good flock of mixed migrants by the river trail

47 species

Mallard  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  12

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Killdeer  4    One small chick, with a parent doing its best to get our attention

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-shouldered Hawk  1    Calling, perched on dead tree in main swamp, seen from second bridge

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  8

Barn Swallow  2

House Wren  1    heard

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  6

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  8

House Sparrow  3

American Goldfinch  4

Savannah Sparrow  10

Song Sparrow  5

Lincoln’s Sparrow  2    One on river trail, one near entrance.

Swamp Sparrow  2

Orchard Oriole  1    male singing by boat ramp

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  8

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  6

Northern Waterthrush  1    heard

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  30    Estimate. All along the marsh path and the river.

American Redstart  2

Magnolia Warbler  1

Bay-breasted Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler  20

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  5

Canada Warbler  1

Wilson’s Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174082630

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