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Lake Quannapowitt, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
05-Nov-2023 08:02 – 08:55
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club (BBC) Trip / Led by Dave Williams The Lakes of Wakefield and Lynnfield Stationary at several locations
Broken clouds
Temperature: 47 – 50°F
Wind: Mostly calm – light breeze
19 species
Mallard  2
Bufflehead  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6
Mourning Dove  2
Ring-billed Gull  7
Herring Gull (American)  9
Great Cormorant (North Atlantic)  1    Dark overall, light belly, yellowish throat with white patch at base of bill, bill is long and hooked, eyes turquoise; legs and feet are black. Pics
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  2
European Starling  10
American Robin  10
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  2
Field Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  9
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6
Yellow-rumped Warbler  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S153853529
Crystal Lake, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
05-Nov-2023 09:07 – 09:52
Protocol: Traveling
0.32 mile(s)
Temperature: 52 – 55°F
Wind: Mostly calm
20 species
Mute Swan  5    Hatch year
Wood Duck  10
Bufflehead  2
Pied-billed Grebe  5
Mourning Dove  2
Herring Gull (American)  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  9
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
American Robin  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  4
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  1
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S153853525
Lynnfield Marsh–Audubon Rd. & Edgewater, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
05-Nov-2023 10:11 – 10:53
Protocol: Traveling
0.15 mile(s)
Broken clouds – overcast clouds
Temperature: 56 – 58°F
Wind: Mostly calm – light breeze
24 species
Mute Swan  2
American Wigeon  2
Mallard  7
American Black Duck  12
Green-winged Teal (American)  6
Ring-necked Duck  1
Bufflehead  12
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Mourning Dove  1
Herring Gull (American)  6
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  12
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  3
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S153853524

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