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

May 14, 2024 5:56 AM – 8:07 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.375 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC walk of the Billings Farm Loop led by G. d’Entremont. Weather: M. Cloudy, S wind (5 mph), 54F.

47 species

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  3    One that was high flying, so likely a migrant

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1    Heard only

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  6

Tree Swallow  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  2

Gray Catbird  3

Eastern Bluebird  2

Veery  1

American Robin  3

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  8

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Swamp Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  3

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  5

Common Grackle  1

Ovenbird  5

Northern Waterthrush  1

Blue-winged Warbler  2

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  2

American Redstart  6

Magnolia Warbler  1

Bay-breasted Warbler  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  3

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1    Flyover

Black-throated Green Warbler  3

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174982443

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

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