Blue Hills Reservation, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US
26-May-2023 06:30 – 08:15
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. Very quiet morning, tough to get good looks at anything. Almost half of all the birds we saw were Cedar Waxwings.
18 species
Wood Duck  1    Parking lot flyover
Chimney Swift  8
Great Blue Heron  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1    Saw this one!
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1    Heard only
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1    Heard only, top of the hill
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Hermit Thrush  1    Heard only
American Robin  2
Cedar Waxwing  15
Chipping Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  5
Ovenbird  4    Heard only
Worm-eating Warbler  1    Heard only. We were confused by a couple of chipping sparrows earlier, but confident about the last one. Same spot where I’d seen a pair the previous week.
Prairie Warbler  2    Saw one, hard to get a good look today
Indigo Bunting  1    Heard briefly at the top of the hill
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