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

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