Blue Hills Reservation–Chickatawbut Hill, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

Mar 30, 2025 8:32 AM – 11:34 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.727 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Trip, Steve Olanoff Leader

20 species

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  6

American Herring Gull  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  6

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

American Robin  18

House Finch  57    At the environmental center feeders

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  1    In a shrub oak on Chickatawbut Hill summit. Bright rusty cap, black eyeline, grayish belly.

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  8

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  1    Male

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S222547305

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