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

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