Danehy Park, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 23, 2019 7:30 AM – 10:21 AM
Checklist Comments:    Menotomy Bird Club & Brookline Bird Club trip co-led with Karsten Hartel.  Intermittent rain for the first hour, but it eventually cleared and lightened up.
33 species
Canada Goose  2
Mallard  1
Herring Gull  4
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Downy Woodpecker  3
Peregrine Falcon  2
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6
Marsh Wren  1
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  11
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  12
House Sparrow  14
House Finch  11
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  12
Clay-colored Sparrow  1    See photos
Field Sparrow  1
White-crowned Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  4
Savannah Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  6
Swamp Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  5
Common Yellowthroat  1
Northern Cardinal  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S60933633

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