Arlington Reservoir, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Mar 17, 2024 7:58 AM – 9:43 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.18 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC and Menotomy Bird Club walk, about 10 participants (forgot to count). Earlyish Eastern Phoebe and Tree Swallows.

31 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  19

Mute Swan  1

Mallard  8

American Black Duck  6

Green-winged Teal  15

Bufflehead  15

Ruddy Duck  20

Mourning Dove  2

Killdeer  7

Ring-billed Gull  1

Herring Gull  1

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  3

Sharp-shinned/Cooper’s Hawk  1

Buteo sp.  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tree Swallow  5

European Starling  25

American Robin  6

House Sparrow  7

Dark-eyed Junco  2

Song Sparrow  4

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  5

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S165331306

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