Reading Town Forest, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 25, 2026 7:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.2 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Chilly, sunny, 42 degrees. Led BBC walk
35 species
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal 1
Ring-necked Duck 1
Mourning Dove 3
American Herring Gull 9
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1 My FOY
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 4
Tree Swallow 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 4
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 4
American Goldfinch 6
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 10
Palm Warbler 7
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331150353
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