Magazine Beach Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 27, 2024 7:53 AM – 10:01 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.669 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC x Mass Audubon walk
26 species (+2 other taxa)
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 2
Canada Goose 10
Mallard 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
Mourning Dove 1
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
American Herring Gull 2
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron 2
Buteo sp. 1 Flying with something (probably rodent) in it’s beak… likely RTHA
Downy Woodpecker 1
American Kestrel 1 Exciting find at the tail end of the walk. high in oak by audubon building. backlit photos.
Peregrine Falcon 2
Blue Jay 2
Tree Swallow 10
European Starling 6
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 12
House Sparrow 5
American Goldfinch 6
Savannah Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 16
Red-winged Blackbird 9
Common Grackle 5
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201145034
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