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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