Danehy Park, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 16, 2019 7:30 AM – 9:50 AM
Comments:    Walk went overtime with several members.
38 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  25
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  9
Mourning Dove  3
hummingbird sp.  1    1 fly-by hummingbird,  Call it sp.
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  3
Peregrine Falcon  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue-headed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  15
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Winter Wren  1
Marsh Wren  1
Carolina Wren  1    heard twice, presumably the same bird.
European Starling  14
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  20
House Sparrow  8
House Finch  10
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  15
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  10
Swamp Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Common Grackle  7
Nashville Warbler  2    Bright unmarked yellow underparts , grey heads with bold eye-rings
Palm Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  25
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S60674438

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