Nahanton Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 2, 2024 7:29 AM – 10:31 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.918 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Bird Walk led by Haynes Miller for BBC: 4th in series. Possible Lark Sparrow seen by some participants, upper garden.

40 species

Mallard  3

Mourning Dove  2

Great Blue Heron  1    Flyover

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Phoebe  3

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  15

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  5

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Carolina Wren  5

Gray Catbird  2

American Robin  8

House Sparrow  1

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  12

Chipping Sparrow  7

Field Sparrow  2

Lark Sparrow  1    Briefly in upper garden. Flushed up from almost under foot. Photographs by Liz Smith.

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  4

White-throated Sparrow  4

Savannah Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  10

Swamp Sparrow  2

Common Grackle  140    large flock early.

Nashville Warbler  2

American Redstart  2

Northern Parula  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  3    1m UG, m-f pair LG

Palm Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  3

Indigo Bunting  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S198560505

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