Yapp Farm Trail, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 4, 2025 6:59 AM – 9:39 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.398 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Spring migration walk for Dracut Open Space Committee. Overcast, mild and a bit muggy, lots of birds around, not the best looks at most of the warblers but lots of song to focus on
45 species
Mallard 1
Wild Turkey 1
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 1
Common Loon 3 Flyover
Great Blue Heron 1 Flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 3
Tree Swallow 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 6
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 10
Ovenbird 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 1
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 4
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Northern Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286785228
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