Delaney WMA, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 24, 2025 7:07 AM – 11:02 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.329 mile(s)

51 species

Canada Goose  14

Mute Swan  4

Trumpeter Swan  1    Continuing from boat ramp around midday. At far end if pond in early AM. Photos.

Wood Duck  41    Careful count.

Mallard  10

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  6

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3

Killdeer  2

Spotted Sandpiper  2

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Green Heron  3

Great Blue Heron  6

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  8

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  4

Eastern Wood-Pewee  7

Willow Flycatcher  1    Empid with Whit call

Eastern Phoebe  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  12

American Crow  6

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  21

Tufted Titmouse  20

Tree Swallow  200

Barn Swallow  33

White-breasted Nuthatch  6

Brown Creeper  2

Northern House Wren  4

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  14

Eastern Bluebird  4

American Robin  14

Cedar Waxwing  10

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  18

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  5

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  5

Ovenbird  1

Common Yellowthroat  5

American Redstart  2

Pine Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S269616798

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