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Millennium Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jul 12, 2026 8:00 AM – 11:06 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.21 kilometer(s)

Checklist Comments:    Joint BBC & BNC Walk

Leaders: Correne George, Mike McCarthy, Neil Calabro & Samuel Harris 

Counterclockwise from Canoe Launch Parking Lot to West Roxbury High School Marsh then back to Canoe Launch

48 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  10

Mute Swan  2    Pair in HS Marsh

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  7    4m & 3f

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1    Seen briefly headed NE behind High School

Mourning Dove  20    Estimated

Killdeer  2

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Green Heron  3

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  6    count includes birds in Millennium Park and High School Marsh

Osprey (American)  2

Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group)  1    *Second Prebasic (SPB) circled overhead of drainage pool by High School showing their distinctive brown striated chest, primary crescents, and beginning tail band. Left wing was heavily in molt, missing many secondaries and several primaries.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  6

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Willow Flycatcher  2

Eastern Phoebe  4

Eastern Kingbird  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  1    Called from hilltop upon walk ending

Fish Crow  1    Called atop High School

American/Fish Crow  3

Common Raven  2    Atop High School

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  5    Adults

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3

Barn Swallow (American)  10    Actively foraging and returning to train bridge

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern)  1    Heard squeakily harsh calls around (42.282936,-71.185722)

Northern House Wren  1

European Starling  12    Mostly Juveniles

Gray Catbird  10

Northern Mockingbird  5    Juvenile heard behind train tracks

American Robin  6

Cedar Waxwing  6

House Sparrow  4

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  1    “Chip” calls heard near lower parking lot

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  12    Juvenile calling by Boat Launch Parking Lot

Swamp Sparrow  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  20    Mostly Juveniles in HS Marsh

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  10    Chicks calling from nest

Common Yellowthroat  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3    Male gave squeaky sneaker calls behind Boat Launch Parking Lot until him and two others took off W. Later on, we spotted the three chasing each other along Woodpecker Corner.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S371597331

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