Charles River Bike Path–Watertown Square, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jan 18, 2025 7:30 AM – 9:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk along the Charles River near Watertown Square

23 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  113

Mute Swan  3

Mallard  39

Mallard (Domestic type)  3

Ring-necked Duck  13

Bufflehead  7

Hooded Merganser  1

Common Merganser  9

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7

Ring-billed Gull  3

American Herring Gull  7

Downy Woodpecker  3

Blue Jay  9

American Crow  4

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  7

American Robin  5

House Sparrow  8

American Goldfinch  3

Dark-eyed Junco  3

Song Sparrow  3

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S210024951

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