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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