Danehy Park, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 26, 2016 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
Comments: BBC & MBC trip Danehy Park Leader Karsten Hartel For Mark Rosenstein’s photos of Cattle Egret, Rusty Blackbird and Nashville Warbler see: gttp://ebird.org/ebird/view/
38 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 16
Mute Swan 3
Mallard 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Cattle Egret 1 see photo mentioned in comments
Cooper’s Hawk 3
Herring Gull 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Mourning Dove 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 16
Black-capped Chickadee 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 20
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 14
Nashville Warbler 1 see photos mentioned in comments
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 20
White-throated Sparrow 8
Savannah Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 18
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Rusty Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
blackbird sp. 40
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 18
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
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