Charles River Bike Path–Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Mar 1, 2025 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Waltham Land Trust, Brookline Bird Club, Menotomy Bird club annual “Duck Walk” along Charles River Waltham. Saw 4 different diving ducks, Black Ducks, Mallards, Canada Geese & perching birds. Overcast, one very quick sprinkle, mild.

20 species

Canada Goose  4    3 were banded.

Mallard  15

American Black Duck  2

Ring-necked Duck  20

Lesser Scaup  3

Bufflehead  5

Common Goldeneye  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4

Ring-billed Gull  40

Downy Woodpecker  2

Blue Jay  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

House Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  9

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S216954424

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