Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Neponset River Trail, Milton US-MA 42.27070, -71.06589, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

Mar 15, 2026 8:29 AM – 11:02 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.801 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Overcast, some sun, temperature in the high 30°s

26 species (+1 other taxa)

Bufflehead  5

Red-breasted Merganser  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  11

Mourning Dove  8

gull sp.  4

Double-crested Cormorant  49

Black-crowned Night Heron  4    Four together in a tree near the River. Photos to come

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  4

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  75

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  9

House Sparrow  14

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  13

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  10

Red-winged Blackbird  34

Common Grackle  55

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S311489472

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