Dunback Meadow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Mar 23, 2025 7:36 AM – 10:42 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.1 mile(s)

33 species

Mallard  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5

Killdeer  2

Turkey Vulture  2

Cooper’s Hawk  2    Adult and immature.

Red-tailed Hawk  5

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker  7

Northern Flicker  2

Blue Jay  11

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  14

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  11

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  7

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  10

Eastern Bluebird  3

American Robin  92    Flock of 81 on ball field.

House Sparrow  15

House Finch  6

American Goldfinch  33    Low count. Seemed to be everywhere.

American Tree Sparrow  2

Fox Sparrow  2    On path to Bowman School just up from 4 way intersection. One was singing.

Dark-eyed Junco  4

White-crowned Sparrow  1    Likely on again off again continuing bird from last fall. Seen up path from 4 way intersection toward Bowman School. Immature with brown crown stripes again grayish back ground and pink bill. Also singing.

White-throated Sparrow  7

Song Sparrow  21

Red-winged Blackbird  100

Common Grackle  50

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1    Continuing. This time just before second bridge to Bowman School.

Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S220350441

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