Middlesex Fells walk May 27

[Renee LaFontaine]

Audrey Stanwood and I co-led a small group of birders on Medford Bird Club walk on a cloudy dampish Memorial Day. Many thanks to Audrey for compiling this list:

Seen by all (or a few of us):

scarlet tanager

kingbird

male towhee

baltimore oriole

song sparrow

cedar waxwing

peewee

phoebe 

great crested flycatcher 

ruby throated hummingbird

mockingbird

black crowned night heron

red bellied woodpecker

 

Heard:

ovenbird

pine warbler

common yellowthroat

downy woodpecker

goldfinch

red eyed vireo

blue gray gnatcatcher

house wren

 

And the usual:

blue jay

robin

nuthatch

tufted titmouse

cardinal

grackle

chickadee

 

Other:

raccoon napping in a tree

lady slipper

tent caterpillars

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Renee LaFontaine

daco...@tiac.net