Assabet River NWR, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 4, 2020 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.3 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk. Photos by Emily Szczypek.
34 species
Canada Goose  9
Wood Duck  9
Mallard  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  10
Mourning Dove  4
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  4
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Belted Kingfisher  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Downy Woodpecker  6
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  9
American Crow  4
Black-capped Chickadee  11
Tufted Titmouse  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  14
White-breasted Nuthatch  9
Brown Creeper  2
Gray Catbird  1
Eastern Bluebird  3
American Robin  5
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Common Yellowthroat  2
Palm Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  8    Singing in tall pines throughout refuge.
Yellow-rumped Warbler  51
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S74477109

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