Rock Meadow Conservation Area, Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Mar 22, 2025 6:16 PM – 8:06 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.546 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC-“Timberdoodles” Kids Walk- Leaders: Naeem Yusuff and Kathy Dia-Unseasonably mild upper 50’s F. We heard Spring Peepers and Wood Frogs, and the planet Jupiter. Kathy saw a coyote pair near Mill St after the walk.
8 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard/American Black Duck 7 Flyother in silouette
Mourning Dove 2
American Woodcock 9
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Robin 11
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 7
Common Grackle 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S220350429
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