Cold Spring Park, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 7, 2024 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott

32 species

Mourning Dove  2

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Phoebe  1    heard

Blue-headed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  1

Fish Crow  1    heard

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  1

European Starling  6

Gray Catbird  2

American Robin  8

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Common Grackle  6

Ovenbird  1    heard

Northern Waterthrush  1    heard

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Nashville Warbler  1

American Redstart  1

Northern Parula  2    heard

Yellow Warbler  1    heard

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  1    heard

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S173116126

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