Nahanton Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
14-Oct-2023 08:00 – 12:00
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC Walk, 47-60 degrees, light breeze, partly cloudy.  Quiet to start but activity picked up once sun came out and it warmed up.
33 species
Canada Goose  31
Mallard  3
Mourning Dove  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Downy Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1    Seen by Haynes Miller before the trip started
Blue Jay  9
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  3
Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  3
Gray Catbird  1
American Robin  35
House Finch  11
American Goldfinch  3
Chipping Sparrow  5
Field Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-throated Sparrow  5
Savannah Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  12
Swamp Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Grackle  31
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Orange-crowned Warbler  1    upper garden
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Indigo Bunting  1
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