Hammond Pond, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
28-Apr-2023 07:00 – 07:45
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk, led by David Scott. Beautiful morning, sunny, but relatively few migrants.
18 species
Canada Goose  12
Mute Swan  1
Mallard  3
Great Blue Heron  3    2 flew over just before the walk started
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
American Robin  6
American Goldfinch  2
Song Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Common Grackle  5
Palm Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S135333177
Houghton Garden, Newton. 07:45 – 08:15
Canada Goose  2
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  4
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Gray Catbird  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  4
Northern Cardinal  1    Heard only
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S135333172

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