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Barrett’s Mill Farmland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 23, 2025 7:42 AM – 10:21 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.4 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club-Barrett’s Mill- Leader: Kathy Dia- partly cloudy upper 40’s to 60 F.

38 species

Canada Goose  120

Mourning Dove  23

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1    Seen after the walk. Adult.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Blue Jay  14

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  7

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  11

Hermit Thrush  1    Alarm call

American Robin  9

House Sparrow  29

American Pipit  22    Flock closer after walk

House Finch  50

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  7

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  4

White-throated Sparrow  22

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  20

Song Sparrow  16

Lincoln’s Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  100

Brown-headed Cowbird  16

Common Grackle  15

Nashville Warbler  2    Together in a tree

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  8

Northern Cardinal  6

Indigo Bunting  1    Fall plumage

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280993065

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