Cold Spring Park, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 13, 2025 6:53 AM – 8:46 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.26 mile(s)

32 species

Mourning Dove  1

Solitary Sandpiper  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Northern House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  7

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  14

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  6

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Common Grackle  3

Ovenbird  2

Common Yellowthroat  4

Hooded Warbler  1    Found this morning by Jacob Hesterman and Chris Dalton. Singing from behind the ball field, no visuals but should have a recording

American Redstart  2

Northern Parula  3

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  5

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S237660205

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