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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