Cold Spring Park, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
22-Oct-2022 08:00 – 11:15
Protocol: Traveling
2.2 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Sunny, calm, starting at 43F and ending at 55F.
28 species
Mallard  8
Mourning Dove  3
Cooper’s Hawk  1    Large, first-year female. Big and brown.
Barred Owl  0    A dead adult Barred Owl, head and shoulders pristine, rear end of body and tail submerged in Cold Spring Creek.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  5
Eastern Phoebe  3
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  4
Carolina Wren  3
Gray Catbird  4    Observed closely by many birders. Black cap, gray birds, Rusty under tail coverts.
American Robin  31
House Finch  3
Purple Finch (Eastern)  4
American Goldfinch  2
Field Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  7
White-throated Sparrow  4
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  3
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2
Common Grackle  29
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  17
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S121309166

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