Nahanton Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 12, 2024 8:00 AM – 11:49 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.834 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip – 55-68 degrees, sunny with slight breeze.  Nice group of birds bathing in a puddle on the road lower garden

35 species

Canada Goose  13

Mourning Dove  12

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1    on woodland path coming from new lawn to the lower garden

Red-eyed Vireo  1    on woodland path coming from new lawn to the lower garden

Blue Jay  15

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  6

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  8

Chipping Sparrow  10

Dark-eyed Junco  15

White-crowned Sparrow  1    lower garden

White-throated Sparrow  8

Savannah Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  10

Lincoln’s Sparrow  1    upper garden

Swamp Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  1

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Common Grackle  30

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  4

Indigo Bunting  2    one at upper and one at lower garden

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S199694724

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