Dunback Meadow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 30, 2017 7:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline bird club trip lead by S. Hepburn with 3 participants. Rainy.
34 species
Canada Goose 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Swainson’s Thrush 1
American Robin 25
Gray Catbird 10
Northern Mockingbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 3
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Chipping Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 15
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 4
American Goldfinch 6
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39501448
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