Arnold Arboretum, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
06-Jan-2024 09:00 – 11:00
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk, cloudy, windless, 31
17 species (+1 other taxa)
Mourning Dove  7
gull sp.  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3    possibly 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1    female, white wing patches, mottled back, red crown, seen well by many
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Blue Jay  3
Black-capped Chickadee  5
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  11
House Sparrow  4
House Finch  15
American Goldfinch  45    large flock in tall bare trees, low estimate.  1 at feeder
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S158267750

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