Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 8, 2026 6:30 AM – 8:20 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott

44 species

Canada Goose  8    One family group

Wood Duck  7

Mallard  6

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6

Mourning Dove  4

Chimney Swift  2

Killdeer  2

Solitary Sandpiper  1    In the channel leading down to the river

Lesser Yellowlegs  1    Boat ramp

Least Sandpiper  10

Great Blue Heron  3

Osprey  2    Nesting in one of the towers south of the park

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  3

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Fish Crow  7    Included group of 6, calling

Tree Swallow  6

Barn Swallow  1

European Starling  8

Gray Catbird  8

Northern Mockingbird  3

American Robin  10

House Sparrow  1

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  1    Heard

White-throated Sparrow  2

Savannah Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  9

Orchard Oriole  3

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  8

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  3

Northern Yellow Warbler  20    Everywhere, very vocal

Northern Cardinal  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S334516455

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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