Cold Spring Park, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 14, 2018 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: 49F at the start, overcast, sunny for the last 15 minutes, calm. Red squirrel.
28 species
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Young bird, very cooperative and without much tail.
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 11
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 29
Gray Catbird 1
American Goldfinch 7
Chipping Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 9
White-throated Sparrow 7
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 5
Eastern Towhee 1
Rusty Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 13
Northern Cardinal 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49404696
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Horn Pond, Woburn
We’ll look out and listen for breeders that have settled into the Horn Pond area like Great Crested Flycatchers, Scarlet Tanagers, Wood Thrushes, Ovenbirds, Towhee, and others. Horn Pond has a great mix of deciduous, pine, marsh, and lake habitats that attract a variety of birds including song birds, water birds, birds of prey, and
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Crane Wildlife Management Area, East Falmouth
With CCBC leading. This unique grassland habitat is host to a rich variety of species, including Eastern Meadowlark, Grasshopper Sparrow, Bobolink, American Kestrel and possibly Blue Grosbeak. When we’re done at Crane, we can cross the road and scan Coonamessett Field for raptor activity. Those wishing to can continue on to Mass Audubon’s Ashumet Holly
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Crane Beach, Ipswich
Cosponsored by the ECOC. This two-mile walk in the sand is aimed at nesting Piping Plovers, Least Terns, and Bank Swallows, as well as evening singers such as Whip-poor-wills. Be prepared for mosquitoes at sunset.
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Myles Standish State Forest, Carver – Evening
A serene way to end the day with Prairie Warblers and Hermit Thrushes reluctantly giving way to Eastern Whip-poor-wills and, perhaps, Northern Saw-whet Owls. Target endangered breeding species: Whip-poor-will.
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CANCELLED due to schedule conflict – Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge,White Pond Rd Entrance
Assabet River NWR - White Pond Road White Pond Rd, Maynard, MA, United StatesCANCELLED due to schedule conflict. Assabet River NWR contains a diverse mixture of pine and hardwood forest, old fields, and wetlands. We will walk 2-3 miles on even, well-maintained trails in search of warblers, raptors, flycatchers and a variety of other migrants and residents. Can be buggy – insect repellent recommended. We will plan

