Arlington Reservoir, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Mar 16, 2025 7:57 AM – 9:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.05 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: 27 of us (maybe 28). BBC and Menotomy BC co-sponsored walk. Interesting to see a Red-bellied Woodpecker have a conflict with a Northern Flicker which may have been investigating a fresh cavity made by the Red-bellied.
27 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 17
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 13
American Black Duck 3
Green-winged Teal 3
Ring-necked Duck 17
Greater/Lesser Scaup 1 Ed noticed it with the Ring-necked Ducks. Likely Greater but it was a bit distant and I think we can’t be sure. It had a rounder seeming head that was held low and forward.
Bufflehead 12
Ruddy Duck 2
Mourning Dove 3
Killdeer 4
Red-tailed Hawk 2 2 first year birds
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Having a fight with a Flicker, perhaps because the Flicker was investigating a cavity made by the Red-bellied. Can’t be sure the casue of the fight.
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 2 Having a fight with a Red-bellied
Blue Jay 2
Fish Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
European Starling 6
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 12
House Sparrow 7
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Song Sparrow 7
Red-winged Blackbird 18
Common Grackle 4
Northern Cardinal 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S219177193
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