Appleton Farms (TTOR), Essex, Massachusetts, US
17-Feb-2024 08:27 – 09:32
Protocol: Traveling
1.348 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club walk led by Shilo McDonald. Along with the birds, we also enjoyed seeing the Galloway Belted cows. 25 ºF.
24 species
Canada Goose 55 Estimate.
Mourning Dove 2
Herring Gull 1 Flying by.
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1 Heard only. Wika-series.
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
European Starling 20
Eastern Bluebird 4
American Robin 2
House Sparrow 30
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1 Heard only. Con-klar-eee!
Common Grackle 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S161900167
Cedar Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US
17-Feb-2024 10:02 – 11:37
Protocol: Traveling
1.309 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club walk led by Shilo McDonald. Occasionally snowing. 28 ºF.
18 species (+1 other taxa)
Mourning Dove 1
Herring Gull 2 Flying by.
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1 First found by Curt Nehrkorn. Truly surprised to see the bird still here. 99% of the water is now frozen. Photos and an iPhone Voice Memo audio recording attached.
Blue Jay 1 Heard only. Jeer, jeer.
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 7
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 6
American Goldfinch 2
Dark-eyed Junco 12
White-throated Sparrow 9
Song Sparrow 2
bird sp. 1 We heard a low honk type of sound. And then wing flutter. And something flew by over the tree tops. It could have been a Canada Goose? But, maybe not? Recording as bird species.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S161900189
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