Milton Landing, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US
Mar 17, 2024 8:45 AM – 11:04 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.1 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club- Leaders: Michael Larkins and Kat Hepburn – Upper 40’s to 50’s F; rain for the first hour then clearing. walked the Neponset River Tr. from Milton’s Landing.
33 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 3
Mallard 3
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 15
Mourning Dove 11
Ring-billed Gull 7
Herring Gull 2
gull sp. 10
Double-crested Cormorant 11 Continuing
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 50
American Robin 12
House Sparrow 9
House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 12
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 11
Common Grackle 40
Northern Cardinal 4
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