Causeway St, Millis, Massachusetts, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US
Jun 4, 2016 6:30 AM – 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Millis and Medfield Breeding Birds – Leader: John O’Connell
50 species
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 4
Great Blue Heron 10
Green Heron 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 6
Black-billed Cuckoo 3 Observed and/or heard on Brookline Bird Club trip by leader and participants
Chimney Swift 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 5
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 7
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 7
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling 1
Ovenbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 5
American Redstart 1
Yellow Warbler 4
Pine Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 1
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