Nahanton Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 16, 2021 8:05 AM – 10:39 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.429 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk low 70’s partly cloudy – lovely fall day.  Notably absent:  Eastern Phoebe
30 species (+1 other taxa)
Red-shouldered Hawk  1    heard calling from the area abutting the golf course
Red-tailed Hawk  1
hawk sp.  1    High in the sky associating with a Red-tailed Hawk. Too distant for confident ID
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  2
Gray Catbird  1
American Robin  22
House Finch  9
American Goldfinch  11
Chipping Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  2    FOF
White-throated Sparrow  11    Photo compliments of David Abromowitz
Savannah Sparrow  11
Song Sparrow  13
Lincoln’s Sparrow  1    Seen by 2 of the group
Swamp Sparrow  3    Photo compliments of  David Abromowitz
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Common Grackle  8
Nashville Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  1    Late bird seen by many. Photo by Barbara Silver
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  2    pair
Indigo Bunting  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S96307482

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