Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 17, 2026 7:59 AM – 11:49 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.552 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk, Neil Calabro and Mike McCarthy co-leaders. Reptile: Northern water snake 

Amphibian: Eastern American toad chorus

57 species

Canada Goose  13    Goslings

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  11    4 ducklings

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

Mourning Dove  4

Chimney Swift  6

Killdeer  4

Spotted Sandpiper  2

Green Heron  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  5

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey (American)  1

Bald Eagle  2

Red-shouldered Hawk  1    Soaring above the oaks between the 2nd and third bridges. Clear view of the white crescents near the wingtips

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1    Male

Willow Flycatcher  2    Continuing at 2nd Bridge, and another at north basin

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Eastern Kingbird  7

Eastern Warbling Vireo  6

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  2

Fish Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  2

Barn Swallow (American)  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern)  1

European Starling  10

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  5

Wood Thrush  1    Singing near 1st Bridge

American Robin  3

Cedar Waxwing  9

House Sparrow  7

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  6

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  5

Swamp Sparrow  4

Bobolink  2

Orchard Oriole  2

Baltimore Oriole  8    Female gathering nesting material

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  8

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  3

Northern Waterthrush  1

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  3

American Redstart  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  14

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

Wilson’s Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S342728350

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