THE WILD BIRD PROJECT 2018–2020
A Two-year Project of The Friends of the Public Gardens conducted by Joan Harbison and Gisèle d'Entremont documented 75 species of birds from October 2018-September 2020. For further information on when and how to see birds in the Gardens click on The Bird Project Report and the Two-year Bird List at the end of the Bird Gallery.
The Bird Gallery Photographs of Birds in the Gardens are by Gisèle d'Entremont.
SEEN YEAR-ROUND
Northern Cardinal (male)
Mallard (female), with young
Northern Flicker
White-breasted Nuthatch
Song Sparrow
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Herring Gull
Black-capped Chickadee
American Goldfinch
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
SEEN IN SPRING MIGRATION
Canada Warbler (male)
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Gray Catbird
Bay-breasted Warbler (male)
Least Flycatcher
Summer Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Male)
Alder Flycatcher
Cedar Waxwing
SEEN IN SPRING AND SUMMER
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
SEEN IN SPRING AND FALL MIGRATION
Yellow Warbler (male)
Blackburnian Warbler (male)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (male)
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler (male)
Magnolia Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (male)
Northern Parula
Wilson's Warbler (male)
American Redstart (male)
Common Yellowthroat (male)
Blue-headed Vireo
SEEN IN SPRING THROUGH FALL
American Robin (pale adult female)
Great Blue Heron
Common Grackle
Osprey
SEEN IN SUMMER AND FALL
Wood Duck
Ring-billed Gull
SEEN IN FALL
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker