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

May 31, 2025 8:48 AM – 10:58 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.86 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    65°

Partly cloudy

30 species

Canada Goose  31    16 goslings

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Chimney Swift  7

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo  4

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  3

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  7

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  3

Gray Catbird  12    1 carrying food

American Robin  13

House Sparrow  5

American Goldfinch  3

Song Sparrow  6    1 feeding a Brown headed Cowbird

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Brown-headed Cowbird  1    Being fed by a song sparrow

Common Grackle  7

Yellow Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117477

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

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