Boston Nature Center Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Oct 26, 2024 8:00 AM – 11:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk – sunny day, light wind, 46-61 degrees

40 species

Canada Goose  105

Wild Turkey  19    7 turkeys walking along the brook; 12 ( females with young) in the community garden

Mourning Dove  6

Killdeer  2

Ring-billed Gull  1

American Herring Gull  2

Sharp-shinned Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  4

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  12

American Crow  3

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Brown Creeper  3

Carolina Wren  6

European Starling  25

Gray Catbird  1

Northern Mockingbird  3

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  200

House Finch  4

Purple Finch  4    4 in the Meadow in the same tree.

American Goldfinch  10

Field Sparrow  3

Dark-eyed Junco  5

White-throated Sparrow  12

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  15

Swamp Sparrow  3

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Common Grackle  95

Orange-crowned Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  6

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S200439254

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