Boston Nature Center Wildlife Sanctuary, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Oct 21, 2017 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC walk – beautiful sunny day, started out 50 degrees but jackets were off before we finished.
34 species
Canada Goose 56
Wild Turkey 14
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Mourning Dove 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 35
Tree Swallow 2 Late
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
American Robin 51
Northern Mockingbird 6
European Starling 5
Palm Warbler 2 Western
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Chipping Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 2
White-throated Sparrow 11
Song Sparrow 13
Swamp Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Common Grackle 8
House Finch 9
American Goldfinch 20
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40949823
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