Danehy Park, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 15, 2024 8:10 AM – 9:51 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.45 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline bird club trip
21 species
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Unexpected find in the marshy area. Fairly large with brown body, white belly, and rufous in the wings, long tailed. Yellow in the bill. Seen thrashing and then eating a large dragonfly.
Herring Gull 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 6
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 2 Calling
Common Raven 1 Flyover
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 30
Gray Catbird 9
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 8
House Sparrow 12
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 7
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Cardinal 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S195417483
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