Dunback Meadow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 3, 2026 6:31 AM – 9:33 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.74 mile(s)
42 species
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 14 Mom with twelve ducklings
Mourning Dove 6
Killdeer 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Merlin 1 In a dispute with COHA, before it flew off. ID’d from (blurry) photo showing pointed wings and brown body.
Eastern Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 11
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 7
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 30
House Sparrow 15
House Finch 7
American Goldfinch 15
White-throated Sparrow 8
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 12
Swamp Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 20
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1 Fos!
Common Yellowthroat 3 Fos!
Northern Yellow Warbler 4
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332094061
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And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water
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And the Winner Is…
And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water
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