Mystic Lakes, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 31, 2026 7:03 AM – 9:07 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.089 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Trip to Mystic Lakes Dam to learn about ecology, history of nesting eagles, herring ladder and eel ramp. Special guests Paul Roberts, eagle expertise, and Michael Fager, Mystic River Watershed, Herring and eel expertise. Weather clear, sunny and cool. Herring not actively running, lowering count of birds. Storm on previous day brought inland an Iceland Gull!
19 species
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Chimney Swift 2
American Herring Gull 100
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Iceland Gull 1 Soaring over dam, bright white gull, including wingtips. Smaller than nearby herring gulls.
Double-crested Cormorant 90
Black-crowned Night Heron 9
Great Blue Heron 6
Osprey 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Eastern Warbling Vireo 1
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 4
Baltimore Oriole 1
Common Grackle 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S350858574
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