Nahanton Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 26, 2020 7:40 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk. still, overcast giving way to sun. low 60s. Most action in lower garden.
29 species
Wood Duck  2
Mourning Dove  1
Herring Gull  2
Osprey  4    two singles, another pair seen twice
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4
American Kestrel  1    briefly, lower garden
Eastern Phoebe  3
Blue Jay  10
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Carolina Wren  2
Gray Catbird  4
American Robin  20
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  12
Chipping Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2
White-crowned Sparrow  1    first winter bird, lower garden
White-throated Sparrow  6
Savannah Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  12
Lincoln’s Sparrow  1
Common Grackle  100    scattered
Common Yellowthroat  1
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S74151919

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