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

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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