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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