Arnold Arboretum, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jan 6, 2019 9:00 AM – 10:48 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.235 mile(s)
Comments: Bird walk led by Robert Mayer great turn out of 50 plus Partly sunny with temp hovering in low 40’s
19 species
Mallard 2
Mourning Dove 23
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Immature had brownish wash with white vertical wing patches and a slight bit of red on top of head. Adult male with red throat as well as the white vertices wing patches and yellow wash on chest and belly
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 6
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 44
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 7
American Goldfinch 1
Dark-eyed Junco 21
White-crowned Sparrow 1 Continuing large Sparrow small bill with black spot rusty brown stripes on head. Foraging with WTSP’s
White-throated Sparrow 9
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 12
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53342827
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