Neponset River Trail – 2/23/2025

Neponset River Trail, Boston US-MA 42.26951, -71.08649, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Feb 23, 2025 8:46 AM – 11:19 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.486 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    30-36° F

Dead birds (not included in checklist)

– 4 deceased Canada geese (suspected bird flu)

– 1 deceased red tailed hawk tangled in tree branches

29 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  9

Mallard  43

Bufflehead  2

Hooded Merganser  4

Common Merganser  4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  17

Mourning Dove  7

Ring-billed Gull  18

American Herring Gull  1

gull sp.  6

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  3

Merlin  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  22

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  3

Golden-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Brown Creeper  1

Carolina Wren  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  4

House Finch  3

Dark-eyed Junco  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S215117629

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