Neponset River Trail, Boston US-MA 42.26951, -71.08649, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 21, 2025 6:12 PM – 8:08 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.257 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    49° cloudy, a little bit of a breeze. There was a short bird that we were not able to identify, but we might be able to look it up.

20 species

Canada Goose  8    Two adults six large chicks

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Solitary Sandpiper  1

American Herring Gull  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Warbling Vireo  3

Blue Jay  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  6

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  5

American Robin  6

House Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  2    1 female

Common Grackle  5

Yellow Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S241507813

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