Franklin Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
May 2, 2021 7:35 AM – 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip to Overlook ruins & Bear Cages. Thanks to Stephen Baird for the screech owl intel.
32 species (+1 other taxa)
Chimney Swift  3
Herring Gull (American)  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Turkey Vulture  1
hawk sp.  1
Eastern Screech-Owl  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2    Chasing each other by the Bear Cages, giving quite a show.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker  2
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  8
Gray Catbird  1
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  15
House Sparrow  6
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-throated Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Common Grackle  8
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Palm Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  6
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S86933303

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