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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