Cold Spring Park, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 12, 2018 7:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Nine birders joined me for a chilly and overcast morning at Cold Spring Park. Bird numbers were a bit down but we did have a good variety.
35 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 6
Ovenbird 2
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Tennessee Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 7
sparrow sp. 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Baltimore Oriole 5
Red-winged Blackbird 5
American Goldfinch 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45939529
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