Dunback Meadow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Dec 6, 2025 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club.  Recorded on paper and entered later.

32 species

Canada Goose  80

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5

American Herring Gull  1

Sharp-shinned Hawk  2    Immature at Clark Middle School parking lot and adult at Bowman School playing field

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Barred Owl  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  12

Northern Flicker  3

Blue Jay  23

American Crow  8

Common Raven  1    Flying with Crows at Clark MS

Black-capped Chickadee  10

Tufted Titmouse  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Carolina Wren  7

European Starling  24

Northern Mockingbird  4

Eastern Bluebird  4

American Robin  10

House Sparrow  12

House Finch  24

American Goldfinch  36

American Tree Sparrow  2

Fox Sparrow  1    Along path from 4 way intersection to first bridge.

Dark-eyed Junco  38

White-throated Sparrow  20

Song Sparrow  17

Eastern Towhee  1    Adult male.  Apparently continuing bird.  First heard calling across field then see scratching under trees along path to Bacon St.

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Northern Cardinal  11

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S287708095

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