Cold Spring Park, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 7, 2016 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Cold Spring Park, Newton – Leader: Sylvia Martin – Two birders joined me for a chilly, drizzly walk at a fairly quiet Cold Spring Park. For the firs time ever, not a single warbling vireo to be found.
23 species
Mallard 5
Herring Gull 1
Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 7
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 9
Gray Catbird 1
Yellow Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 8
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 3
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
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