Cold Spring Park, Newton - 10/22/22

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