Ocean View Farm Reserve (DNRT), Bristol, Massachusetts, US

Jun 14, 2026 7:23 AM – 10:08 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.86 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    DNRT and Brookline Bird Club “Bring Back Boblinks!” walk led by Linda Vanderveer and Carol Molander.

36 species

Mallard  14    12 ducklings swimming in the marsh.

Mourning Dove  6

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1

Killdeer  1

Willet  2

American Herring Gull  4

Common Tern  6

Glossy Ibis  3

Tricolored Heron  1    Feeding in the marsh. Seen from the lookout tower. Photos are cropped.

Green Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  3

Osprey  18

Northern Flicker  1

Willow Flycatcher  4

Eastern Kingbird  1

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  4

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  6

Barn Swallow  4

European Starling  40

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  1

Cedar Waxwing  5

House Finch  5

American Goldfinch  10

Chipping Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  6

Bobolink  10    Conservative count. Birds were flying around and then vanishing in the waist high grasses.

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  24

Common Grackle  4

Northern Yellow Warbler  4    One male chasing a Kingbird, then a male Bobolink.

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S357822603

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