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
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