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
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