Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Nahanton Park, Newton US-MA 42.30124, -71.20824, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 18, 2025 8:04 AM – 11:17 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.752 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk – beautiful sunny fall day, deep blue sky, almost cloudless.  45 degrees at start; 55 at the end.  Walk was notable for very few birds.  But a good time had by all.

24 species

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  3

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  15

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  2

Dark-eyed Junco  4

White-throated Sparrow  17

Savannah Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  12

Lincoln’s Sparrow  2

Swamp Sparrow  7

Common Grackle  3

Northern Cardinal  5

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280413194

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