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Nahanton Park , Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 20, 2018 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC walk. Variable breeze, overcast, 60 deg
42 species

Canada Goose  15
Mallard  4
Wild Turkey  7
Mourning Dove  1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1     upper field
Herring Gull  20
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  10
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
American Robin  60
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  10     Probably a lot more, in with the grackle flock
House Finch  15
Purple Finch  1     scruffy juvenile male
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  8
Field Sparrow  1     juv
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  5
White-crowned Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  25
Song Sparrow  8
Lincoln’s Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  2
Common Grackle  250
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  3
Northern Cardinal  1
Indigo Bunting  2
House Sparrow  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51723389

Cold Spring Park, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 20, 2018 11:20 AM – 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC walk. Clearing, variable breeze. Dog park.
22 species

Mourning Dove  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  6
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  5
Black-capped Chickadee  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  2
European Starling  80     back portion of grackle flock. Mainly im.
House Finch  6
Chipping Sparrow  3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  3
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  1
Common Grackle  180
Nashville Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51723391

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Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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