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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