Magazine Beach Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
29-Apr-2023 08:00 – 09:30
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BCC/Mass Audubon – Spring Migrants at Magazine Beach – Leaders: Peter Modest & Ryan McLaughlin
24 species
Canada Goose  40
Mallard  4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull  6
Double-crested Cormorant  8
Great Blue Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Osprey  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Northern Flicker  1
Peregrine Falcon  2
Blue Jay  4
Tree Swallow  4
European Starling  16
American Robin  12
House Sparrow  6
House Finch  2
Chipping Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  8
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Common Grackle  8
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S135529306

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