Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jun 14, 2026 7:43 AM – 10:13 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.865 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Mass Audubon Boston Nature Center and Brookline Bird Club walk, Correne George, Neil Calabro, Mike McCarthy co-leaders.
41 species
Mallard 16 Ducklings
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 9
Chimney Swift 8
Killdeer 4 Adults with 2 chicks
Spotted Sandpiper 2 Bathing at Canoe Launch
Great Egret 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Osprey (American) 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Willow Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Eastern Warbling Vireo 4
Fish Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tree Swallow 4
Purple Martin 1 Lone female or immature flying North from Cow Island Pond over the crest of the landfill. Good lighting and close distance from my position on the south facing slope showing a large swallow with gray on the head and chest and a dingy lower belly and gray collar around the neck
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Barn Swallow (American) 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern) 1
Gray Catbird 12
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 7
Cedar Waxwing 10
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 4
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 4
Swamp Sparrow 4
Orchard Oriole 2 Active nest discovered in top of cottonwood
Baltimore Oriole 6 Active nest discovered in cottonwood
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 16
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Common Yellowthroat 6
Northern Yellow Warbler 9
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 2 males in trees at summit parking lot one chasing the other. One male flying over the river.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S360265055
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