Checklist S32310601

Observations

1. Canada Goose

   Number observed:  41

2. Wood Duck

   Number observed:  2

3. Mallard

   Number observed:  46

4. American Black Duck

   Number observed:  58

5. Hooded Merganser

   Number observed:  4

   Details

   All male

6. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

   Number observed:  21

   Exotic: Naturalized

7. Mourning Dove

   Number observed:  14

8. Ring-billed Gull

   Number observed:  4

   Details

   single flock all 2W

9. American Herring Gull

   Number observed:  10

10. Great Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Adult on brownstone where I've oddly seen a single adult GBBG numerous times throughout the last several years

11. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  1

12. Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)

    Number observed:  2

13. Red-tailed Hawk

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    1 adult, 2 juv

    Media

14. Belted Kingfisher

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Calling from river along Park Dr.

15. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    VG near bridge

16. Red-bellied Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

17. Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)

    Number observed:  4

18. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

    Number observed:  1

19. Merlin (Taiga)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Eating what seemed to be a House Sparrow on a building's antenna on Boylston Street

    Media

20. Eastern Phoebe

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    *Late; VG near back compost; ph

    Media

21. Blue Jay

    Number observed:  11

22. Black-capped Chickadee

    Number observed:  6

23. Tufted Titmouse

    Number observed:  14

    Details

    Including a flock of 8 in garden plots

    Media

24. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  1

25. Golden-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  4

26. White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)

    Number observed:  3

27. Brown Creeper

    Number observed:  1

28. European Starling

    Number observed:  50

    Exotic: Naturalized

29. Gray Catbird

    Number observed:  1

30. Northern Mockingbird

    Number observed:  9

    Media

31. Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)

    Number observed:  1

32. American Robin

    Number observed:  13

33. House Sparrow

    Number observed:  75

    Exotic: Naturalized

34. House Finch

    Number observed:  11

    Exotic: Naturalized

35. Purple Finch

    Number observed:  1

36. American Goldfinch

    Number observed:  5

37. Field Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

38. Fox Sparrow (Red)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Calling bird seen briefly well in phrags at War Memorial

39. Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)

    Number observed:  43

40. White-throated Sparrow

    Number observed:  175

    Details

    **High count; Potentially 200+, these birds were everywhere, and quite surprising given the rain last night and reports of between 12 and 25 yesterday.

    Media

41. Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)

    Number observed:  35

42. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Opposite ends of VG; photos

    Media

43. Swamp Sparrow

    Number observed:  7

44. Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)

    Number observed:  18

45. Common Grackle

    Number observed:  14

46. Common Grackle (Bronzed)

    Number observed:  7

47. Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed)

    Number observed:  1

48. Nashville Warbler

    Number observed:  1

49. Common Yellowthroat

    Number observed:  1

50. Yellow Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    **Late; war memorial cattails and the trees above them; photos

    Media

51. Blackpoll Warbler

    Number observed:  4

52. Palm Warbler (Western)

    Number observed:  2

53. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  12