Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Ipswich River Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

19-Mar-2024 18:00 – 19:45

Protocol: Traveling

0.35 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Woodcock Walk, breezy with winds steady at 10+ mph, mostly cloudy, and a cool temperature of 40 F.

15 species

American Woodcock  5    Scouting the area 48 hours earlier paid off as Ian and I were able to get good looks at one individual vocalizing his courting “PEENT” call on the ground and then rise skyward to execute his feather twittering sky dance display. This obliging life bird for Ian repeated his display routine for about 20 minutes.

Red-tailed Hawk  1    First seen perched on a phone pole.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  7

American Robin  11

American Tree Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  5

Red-winged Blackbird  25

Common Grackle  6

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S166095410

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