Danehy Park, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 28, 2016 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.8 mile(s)
Comments: BBC and Menotomy Danehy Park-Leader Karsten Hartel
19 species (+1 other taxa)
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Herring Gull 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 5
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 9
Common Yellowthroat 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Spizella sp. 1 partially seen for a second or two … subject bird might have been a Clay-colored
Song Sparrow 5
American Goldfinch 5
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
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