Updated February 2026.
This database includes all records currently accepted by the MARC.
- * indicates the original finder(s)
- † indicates that documentation was submitted to the committee
- (ph) indicates the observer obtained photographs
- (au) indicates audio recordings
87 records
| MARC Number | Decision | Species | # | Location | County | Arrival | Departure | Observers | Notes | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868-001 | A | Yellow Rail | 1 | Allston | Suffolk | 10/14/1868 | 10/14/1868 | collected by A. L. Danielson (ph. Jeremiah Trimble) | 16 | |
| 1883-001 | A | Connecticut Warbler | 1 | Readville | Suffolk | 5/24/1883 | 5/24/1883 | D. Blaney* | 17 | |
| 1905-001 | A | Boreal Owl | 1 | Hyde Park | Suffolk | 11/26/1905 | 11/26/1905 | collected by Fred. Downey (ph. Jeremiah Trimble) | 16 | |
| 1908-005 | Pr | Eurasian Blackbird | 1 | Boston Public Garden | Suffolk | 10/4/1908 | 3/25/1909 | Horace Winslow Wright | 17 | |
| 1916-002 | A | Kirtland's Warbler | 1 | Roslindale | Suffolk | 5/26/1916 | 5/26/1916 | J. Sherman*, C. Sherman*, Mrs. Hodgskins* | 15 | |
| 1980-005 | A | Common/Short-billed Gull | 1 | Revere Beach, Revere | Suffolk | 5/9/1980 | 5/9/1980 | Soheil Zendeh (ph) | originally accepted 1980-005 as Mew Gull, which became Common/Short-billed Gull after the split. For the 29th report we re-reviewed as Larus canus canus and it was not accepted | 24 |
| 1980-005R | NA | Common Gull (European) | 1 | Revere Beach | Suffolk | 5/9/1980 | 5/9/1980 | 29 | ||
| 1981-001 | NA | Anhinga | 1 | 10 miles north of Boston | Suffolk | 6/13/1981 | 6/13/1981 | 1 | ||
| 1994-022 | A | Northern Yellow Warbler | 1 | East 8th St., S. Boston | Suffolk | 12/27/1994 | 1/1/1995 | R. Donovan | 2 | |
| 1995-012 | Pr | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | 1 | Brighton | Suffolk | 11/6/1995 | 12/31/1995 | 2 | ||
| 1995-015 | A | Townsend's Warbler | 1 | South Boston | Suffolk | 12/4/1995 | 12/5/1995 | 2 | ||
| 1996-020 | A | Boreal Owl | 1 | Back Bay, Boston (***check location with Stymeist - 380 Comm Ave Back Bay) | Suffolk | 11/22/1996 | 2/13/1997 | K. Hudson | 3 | |
| 1997-002 | NA | Arctic/Pacific Loon | 1 | Long Island, Boston Harbor | Suffolk | 2/12/1997 | 2/12/1997 | 3 | ||
| 1998-021 | A | MacGillivray's Warbler | 1 | Boston Nature Center, Mattapan | Suffolk | 12/13/1998 | 12/13/1998 | 4 | ||
| 1999-004 | A | Common/Short-billed Gull | 1 | Winthrop Beach Breakers | Suffolk | 1/16/1999 | 1/16/1999 | D. Larson*, S. Carlson* | 4 | |
| 1999-019 | A | MacGillivray's Warbler | 1 | Fenway Victory Gardens, Boston | Suffolk | 11/28/1999 | 12/19/1999 | Robert Stymeist, D. Crockett (ph) | 5 | |
| 2000-024 | A | Henslow's Sparrow | 1 | Neponset River, Dorchester | Suffolk | 11/11/2000 | 11/11/2000 | 6 | ||
| 2001-018 | A | Gyrfalcon | 1 | Black Falcon Pier, Boston | Suffolk | 12/17/2001 | 3/15/2002 | Ronnie Donovan | 7 | |
| 2001-023 | A | Connecticut Warbler | 1 | Long Island, Boston Harbor | Suffolk | 11/25/2001 | 11/25/2001 | Ronnie Donovan | 7 | |
| 2002-031 | A | Yellow Rail | 1 | Neponset River Marshes, Dorchester | Suffolk | 9/18/2002 | 9/18/2002 | Ronnie Donovan | 7 | |
| 2002-048 | A | Louisiana Waterthrush | 1 | Boston Public Garden | Suffolk | 10/1/2002 | 10/4/2002 | Glen Tepke (ph), Jeremiah Trimble (ph) | 15 | |
| 2005-003 | A | Least Bittern | 1 | Commonwealth Avenue, Boston | Suffolk | 2/23/2005 | 2/23/2005 | D. Swenson | 10 | |
| 2005-041 | NA | Cackling Goose | 1 | Winthrop | Suffolk | 11/21/2005 | 11/21/2005 | 11 | ||
| 2006-008 | NA | California Gull | 1 | Joe Moakley Park (Columbus Park), near Carson Beach, South Boston | Suffolk | 6/3/2006 | 6/3/2006 | 11 | ||
| 2006-026 | A | Red-necked Stint | 1 | Neponset River, Dorchester | Suffolk | 7/12/2006 | 7/12/2006 | 11 | ||
| 2006-039 | A | Western Grebe | 1 | Lynn Harbor, on Endicott Avenue, Revere (aka Simpson's Boatyard, aka Roghan's Point) | Suffolk | 11/26/2006 | 11/26/2006 | Soheil Zendeh (ph) | 12 | |
| 2006-064 | A | Black-necked Stilt | 1 | Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Boston | Suffolk | 4/1/2006 | 4/8/2006 | Linda Ferraresso*, Robert Mayer (ph) | 25 | |
| 2007-049 | A | Magnolia Warbler | 1 | Boston Public Garden | Suffolk | 12/1/2007 | 12/1/2007 | 14 | ||
| 2008-009 | A | Redpoll (Hoary) | 1 | Clifford St., Readville | Suffolk | 1/19/2008 | 2/3/2008 | Sam Jaffe*, Stuart Walker†, Matt Garvey (video) | this has photos, but by whom? | 13 |
| 2008-011 | NA | Eared Grebe | 1 | Dorchester | Suffolk | 3/21/2008 | 3/21/2008 | 13 | ||
| 2008-013 | NA | Carolina Chickadee | 1 | Franklin Park, Boston | Suffolk | 5/14/2008 | 6/8/2008 | 13 | ||
| 2008-017 | A | Fork-tailed Flycatcher (savana) | 1 | Chandler Pond, Brighton | Suffolk | 4/12/2008 | 4/15/2008 | D. Kierdorf, J. Dunlavy, P. Kinnally † many photos | 13 | |
| 2008-022 | A | Cave Swallow | 1 | Millennium Park, West Roxbury | Suffolk | 11/11/2008 | 11/11/2008 | 14 | ||
| 2008-031 | NA | Western Grebe | 2 | Revere Beach | Suffolk | 10/12/2008 | 10/12/2008 | 14 | ||
| 2008-048 | A | Bullock's Oriole | 1 | Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Boston | Suffolk | 12/3/2008 | 12/3/2008 | Marshall Iliff* (ph) | 22 | |
| 2009-003 | A | Townsend's Warbler | 1 | Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Boston | Suffolk | 4/14/2009 | 4/19/2009 | 14 | ||
| 2009-043 | A | Western Tanager | 1 | Boston Public Garden | Suffolk | 12/13/2009 | 12/15/2009 | Tim Factor*, Jeremiah Trimble (ph), Robert Stymeist (ph) | 15 | |
| 2009-060 | A | MacGillivray's Warbler | 1 | Fenway Victory Gardens, Boston | Suffolk | 11/17/2009 | 12/16/2009 | Paul Peterson*, Jeremiah Trimble (ph), Margo Goetschkes (ph), Ryan Schain (ph) | 23 | |
| 2010-049 | A | Cave Swallow | 17 | Pleasure Bay, South Boston | Suffolk | 11/24/2010 | 11/24/2010 | Sean Williams*, Ian Davies (ph) | 16 | |
| 2011-027 | A | Ash-throated Flycatcher | 1 | Winthrop Greenway, Winthrop | Suffolk | 10/11/2011 | 10/12/2011 | Paul Peterson*, Ryan Schain (ph), Matt Garvey (v) | 16 | |
| 2011-040 | A | Sooty Tern | 1 | Fort Heath, Winthrop | Suffolk | 8/28/2011 | 8/28/2011 | Matt Garvey* | 16 | |
| 2012-063 | A | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | 2 | Fenway and Victory Gardens | Suffolk | 7/22/2012 | 7/22/2012 | A. Baker* (ph) | 17 | |
| 2012-067 | A | Brown Pelican | 1 | Castle Island, Boston | Suffolk | 6/9/2012 | 6/30/2012 | B. Mackey (ph), Ryan Schain (ph), m. ob. | SAME BIRD ISSUES: at its October 2024 annual meeting the MARC voted to treat these two records as pertaining to the same individual, given the species's rarity on the North Shore, the apparently identical near adult plumage of both birds, and the close concoidence of dates between the two records | 17 |
| 2012-094 | A | Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) | 1 | Boston Public Garden | Suffolk | 11/29/2012 | 12/6/2012 | Robert Stymeist* (ph), Gian Fabbri*, Ryan Schain (ph), Marshall Iliff (ph), Jeremiah Trimble (ph), m. ob. | 18 | |
| 2012-125 | A | MacGillivray's Warbler | 1 | Fenway Victory Gardens, Boston | Suffolk | 12/13/2012 | 12/23/2012 | Tim Factor*, Jeremiah Trimble (ph) | 19 | |
| 2012-129 | A | Painted Bunting | 1 | Administration Building, Thompson Island | Suffolk | 12/16/2012 | 12/16/2012 | Naeem Yusuff* (ph), Matt Garvey* (ph), Marshall Ilifff (ph), S. Williams (ph) | 17 | |
| 2012-157 | A | Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) | 1 | Boston Public Garden | Suffolk | 11/29/2012 | 12/6/2012 | Gian Fabbri*, m.ob. (ph) | 26 | |
| 2013-039 | A | White-winged Dove | 1 | JFK Library, South Boston | Suffolk | 12/21/2013 | 12/21/2013 | Matt Garvey*, ph. Ryan Schain et al. | 18 | |
| 2013-071 | A | Common Gull (European) | 1 | Revere Beach | Suffolk | 12/19/2013 | 12/19/2013 | Andrew Vitz*, Louis Bevier | SAME BIRD ISSUES: Accepted as same bird as 2018-020R; both were banded with leg band 74J | 29 |
| 2013-072 | A | Brown Booby | 1 | Long Wharf | Suffolk | 7/7/2013 | 7/8/2013 | Anonymous* (ph), Ryan Schain | SAME BIRD ISSUES: Two records from different counties, 2013-064 and 2013-072, pertain to the same individual riding the same vessel from Cape Cod Bay into Boston Harbor | 29 |
| 2014-044 | A | Painted Bunting | 1 | Evergreen Cemetery, Brighton | Suffolk | 10/28/2014 | 11/3/2014 | P. DeGennaro†* (ph, video), Jeremiah Trimble (ph) | 19 | |
| 2014-045 | A | Rufous Hummingbird | 1 | Cohasset St., Roslindale | Suffolk | 11/7/2014 | 11/16/2014 | Sue Finnegan† (ph), Matt Garvey (video), C. Wenc* | 19 | |
| 2015-009 | A | Black-backed Woodpecker | 1 | Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain | Suffolk | 1/6/2015 | 4/19/2015 | R. Jelik (ph), B. Peters (ph), P. Peterson†*, Steven Whitebread (ph) | 19 | |
| 2015-020 | A | Western Grebe | 1 | Winthrop-Sisters, Winthrop | Suffolk | 2/7/2015 | 4/16/2015 | C. Jackson*, ph. D. Walters | 20 | |
| 2015-059 | A | Ash-throated Flycatcher | 1 | Danehy Park, Cambridge | Suffolk | 12/28/2015 | 1/6/2016 | Jason Forbes (ph) | 20 | |
| 2015-060 | A | Black-chinned Hummingbird | 1 | Downer Ave., Boston | Suffolk | 11/4/2015 | 11/24/2015 | v. C. Gatham*, v. Matt Garvey, ph. Marshall Iliff | 20 | |
| 2017-050 | A | Brown Pelican | 1 | Crane Beach, Ipswich (5/6), Annisquam (5/6), Point of Pines, Revere (5/8) | Essex/Suffolk | 5/6/2017 | 5/8/2017 | Nathan Dubrow* (ph), Robert Sherman* (ph), Eric Harrison* (ph) | the MARC still needs to consider whether any or all records from Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk Counties might be combined as involving the same individual | 21 |
| 2017-073 | NA | Western Tanager | 1 | Winthrop Greenway, Winthrop | Suffolk | 11/8/2017 | 11/8/2017 | 22 | ||
| 2017-130 | A | Brown Pelican | 1 | Nahant--Swallow Cove to Castle Island & Pleasure Bay area | Essex/Suffolk | 9/11/2017 | 11/7/2017 | Christian Bauta* (ph); Linda Pivacek* | 22 | |
| 2017-137 | A | Ross's Goose | 1 | Carson Beach & Moakley Park; Fenway area; etc. | Suffolk | 12/24/2017 | 1/29/2018 | Anne Winters*; Jason Pietrzak* (ph), m.ob. | 22 | |
| 2018-081 | NA | Painted Bunting | 1 | Savin Hill, Boston | Suffolk | 5/22/2018 | 5/22/2018 | [this record was not in the database, since none of the Not Accepted records from that report were preserved in the DB; we re-entered it from the 24th report] | 24 | |
| 2019-122 | A | Barnacle Goose | 1 | Turner's Pond, Milton; Franklin Park, Roxbury | Norfolk/Suffolk | 11/21/2019 | 12/4/2019 | Pat Dolan*, Andy Sanford (ph) | combined as same bird between several sites within 20 miles of each other and MARC members agreed to that treatment; plumage same between individuals and appearances at new sites coincided with disappearance from previous ones | 24 |
| 2019-157 | A | Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) | 1 | Millennium Park, West Roxbury | Suffolk | 11/17/2019 | 12/1/2019 | Marshall Iliff*, m. ob. | 26 | |
| 2020-108 | A | Eared Grebe | 1 | Jamaica Pond, Boston | Suffolk | 12/6/2020 | 12/26/2020 | Ted Bradford* (ph) | 25 | |
| 2021-057 | A | Black-throated Gray Warbler | 1 | Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Boston | Suffolk | 10/4/2021 | 10/6/2021 | Ryan Doherty*, m. ob. (ph) | 26 | |
| 2021-078 | A | Ash-throated Flycatcher | 1 | Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Boston | Suffolk | 11/15/2021 | 11/16/2021 | Moss Lynch*, m. ob. (ph) | 26 | |
| 2021-117 | A | Mississippi Kite | 1 | Arnold Arboretum | Suffolk | 6/19/2021 | 6/19/2021 | Richard George* (ph) | 27 | |
| 2022-019 | A | MacGillivray's Warbler | 1 | McLaughlin Woods | Suffolk | 12/13/2022 | 1/12/2023 | Roy Golan*, Jeff Offermann (ph), m. ob. | 27 | |
| 2022-024 | A | American White Pelican | 1 | Revere Beach--south end | Suffolk | 4/3/2022 | 4/3/2022 | Nick Diaco*, Kelly Song* | 26 | |
| 2022-032 | A | White Ibis | 1 | Christian Herter Park, Boston | Suffolk | 4/26/2022 | 4/27/2022 | Ted Bradford* (ph), m.ob. | SAME BIRD ISSUES: it was not mentioned in the 26th report, but 2022-031 and 2022-032 pertain to the same individual. The two records were separated by only a couple hours, it was seen flying out of Mt. Auburn Cemetery and then searched for and relocated along the Charles River in Suffolk Co., and th | 26 |
| 2022-088 | A | Western Tanager | 1 | Arnold Arboretum | Suffolk | 10/18/2022 | 10/19/2022 | Ted Bradford*, Sebastian Jones (ph), m. ob. | 27 | |
| 2022-090 | A | Townsend's Solitaire | 1 | Rose Kennedy Greenway; Winthrop Greenway | Suffolk | 10/28/2022 | 10/30/2022 | A. Laquidara* (ph), m. ob. | 27 | |
| 2022-093 | A | Townsend's Warbler | 1 | Boston Public Garden | Suffolk | 11/19/2022 | 12/10/2022 | Annette Pasek*, Sebastian Jones (ph), m. ob. | 27 | |
| 2023-006 | A | Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) | 1 | Yirell Beach | Suffolk | 1/7/2023 | 2/13/2023 | Tim Eardley*, Sebastian Jones (ph), m. ob. | 27 | |
| 2023-007 | A | Western Grebe | 1 | Winthrop Beach | Suffolk | 1/28/2023 | 4/2/2023 | Justine Hanson* (ph), m. ob. | 27 | |
| 2023-039 | A | Purple Gallinule | 1 | 365 Baker Street, West Roxbury | Suffolk | 10/19/2023 | 10/19/2023 | Mike McCarthy* (ph) | deceased | 27 |
| 2023-058 | A | Western Tanager | 1 | Christopher Columbus Park | Suffolk | 12/14/2023 | 12/21/2023 | David Peterson*, Anne Piccolo (ph), m.ob. | 27 | |
| 2023-098 | A | Ash-throated Flycatcher | 1 | Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park | Suffolk | 12/13/2023 | 12/17/2023 | Sebastian Jones* (ph), m. ob. | 29 | |
| 2024-001 | A | MacGillivray's Warbler | 1 | Millennium Park | Suffolk | 1/4/2024 | 1/4/2024 | Michael Bryant* (ph) | 27 | |
| 2024-014 | A | Ruff | 1 | Belle Isle Marsh Reservation | Suffolk | 5/3/2024 | 5/3/2024 | Tim Eardley* (ph), m.ob. | 29 | |
| 2024-065 | A | Brown Booby | 1 | Carson Beach and Moakley Park | Suffolk | 7/12/2024 | 7/17/2024 | Laura Markley* (ph), m. ob. | 29 | |
| 2024-076 | A | Cave Swallow | 1 | Revere Beach--Pink Apartments | Suffolk | 11/23/2024 | 11/23/2024 | Suzanne Sullivan* (ph) | SAME BIRD ISSUES: Accept as same bird: 2024-077 and 2024-076 | 29 |
| 2024-077 | A | Cave Swallow | 1 | Winthrop Beach and Five Sisters | Suffolk | 11/24/2024 | 11/24/2024 | Jude Robichaud* (ph), Rob Larsen* | SAME BIRD ISSUES: Accept as same bird as 2024-077 and 2024-076 | 29 |
| 2024-082 | A | LeConte's Sparrow | 1 | Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park | Suffolk | 4/15/2024 | 4/15/2024 | Sebastian Jones* (ph) | First spring record | 29 |
| 2025-026 | A | Mississippi Kite | 1 | Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park | Suffolk | 5/28/2025 | 5/28/2025 | Sebastian Jones* (ph) | 29 | |
| 2025-028 | A | White-faced Ibis | 1 | Rumney Marsh | Suffolk | 5/30/2025 | 6/3/2025 | Marshall Iliff* (ph), m. ob. | adult | 29 |
| 2025-041 | A | Ruff | 1 | Winthrop Beach | Suffolk | 6/30/2025 | 7/3/2025 | Ron Hansen* (ph), m. ob. | 29 |