Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

May 13, 2025 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.75 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/SSBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 12 participants

50 species

Wild Turkey  8

Mourning Dove  4

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1    male

Barred Owl  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Least Flycatcher  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  2    flyovers; not common or regular here

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  5

Tree Swallow  5

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Northern House Wren  2

Gray Catbird  4

Eastern Bluebird  2

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  3

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  7

Field Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  3

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  1

Ovenbird  7

Northern Waterthrush  1

Blue-winged Warbler  1

Black-and-white Warbler  3

Nashville Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  3

American Redstart  2

Northern Parula  2

Magnolia Warbler  1

Bay-breasted Warbler  2

Blackburnian Warbler  2

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  4

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S237660166

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