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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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