Franklin Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 18, 2021 8:11 AM – 10:11 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments: BBC walk with 8 participants. Scarboro Hill & Pond. Sunny, cool, 40s, NW wind.

26 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 12

Mallard 6

Mourning Dove 3

shorebird sp. 1 Flyover at Scarboro Pond. Likely Spotted Sandpiper. Didn’t touch down & headed toward Forest Hills Cemetery.

Double-crested Cormorant 1

Great Blue Heron 1

Turkey Vulture 1

Red-tailed Hawk 1

Eastern Screech-Owl 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker 4

Northern Flicker 5

Blue Jay 4

Black-capped Chickadee 4

Tufted Titmouse 6

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 3

Carolina Wren 2

European Starling 2

American Robin 25

House Sparrow 5

American Goldfinch 4

Chipping Sparrow 2

Song Sparrow 3

Red-winged Blackbird 10

Brown-headed Cowbird 2

Common Grackle 8

Palm Warbler 1

Pine Warbler 4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S85863023

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BBC trip organizers: Naeem Yusuff, Bobbie Hodson, Sebastian Jones

Data compiled by P. Flood; eBird lists and trip report by S. Jones

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