Mandel Hill, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Oct 8, 2017 6:24 AM – 12:02 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Brookline Bird Club walk – Leader Nickilas Paulson – Big Sit, Mandel Hill, Hardwick – Good but windy starting weather. Changing over to rain.
41 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 105
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Turkey Vulture 30
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Sharp-shinned/Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 5
American Woodcock 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 22
Mourning Dove 9
Great Horned Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Phoebe 5
Blue Jay 14
American Crow 40
Common Raven 3
Horned Lark 1
House Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 3
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 120
American Pipit 7
Cedar Waxwing 12
Savannah Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Bobolink 2
Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern) 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 80
House Finch 18
American Goldfinch 7
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40047884
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