Franklin Park–Scarboro Pond, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 27, 2025 8:15 AM – 10:06 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.252 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    48 degrees. Cloudy at times. Some blue sky. Windy

29 species

Canada Goose  13

Mallard  5

Green-winged Teal  2

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Red-tailed Hawk  3

Red-headed Woodpecker  1    Fully red head to the shoulder. Black ring around the neck. White breast. Foraging near the top of a tall tree almost at the top of a snag.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  3

Common Raven  3    2 sitting on a nest.

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

European Starling  1

American Robin  17

Chipping Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  12    3 female

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  9

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Northern Parula  1

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S230083230

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