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

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S165331292

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