Cold Spring Park, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 23, 2024 7:44 AM – 9:29 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.44 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Overcast, 70 degrees, rain from 8 to 8:45, with light rain after. A Galbatross – Brookline Bird Club walk, focusing on observing female birds and behaviors. Song fragments and chips heard high in trees, but birds were not located.
18 species
Mallard 7 3 females, one with chicks swimming.
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Vocalizing- chirping.
Downy Woodpecker 1 Female
Northern Flicker 1 Female
American Kestrel 1 In flight over the ball field near the dog park
Blue Jay 10
Tufted Titmouse 4
Carolina Wren 6
European Starling 20
Gray Catbird 15
American Robin 18 Males and females
American Goldfinch 4 Singing high in trees
Song Sparrow 5 Vocalizing, one very downy chick perched on a branch near an adult
Red-winged Blackbird 8 Males observed, vocalizing, perching and landing in cattails
Common Grackle 10 Adults and juveniles on the grassy fields and glying
Northern Cardinal 3
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