Cold Spring Park, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 12, 2021 6:07 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.91 mile(s)
52 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  2
Mallard  8
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1    Flyover in the am before others arrived
Green Heron  1    Along beaconwood street
Cooper’s Hawk  1    Flyover aqueduct
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Great Horned Owl  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
Warbling Vireo  2
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  1    Calling
Black-capped Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  9
Gray Catbird  6
American Robin  11
Cedar Waxwing  5
House Sparrow  2
House Finch  6
American Goldfinch  5
Chipping Sparrow  4
Savannah Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  2
Baltimore Oriole  8    All over
Red-winged Blackbird  7
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle  6
Ovenbird  3
Black-and-white Warbler  6
Nashville Warbler  1    Baseball
Common Yellowthroat  2
Northern Parula  5
Magnolia Warbler  2    Three bridges doing a weird partial song and baseball
Yellow Warbler  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1    Singing in the cemetery at parking lot
Pine Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  16
Black-throated Green Warbler  2    Baseball
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)  1    One weird choppy song at baseball, maybe tewa?
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S88663875

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