12/17 Newton Birdapalooza Red-shouldered Hawk, Etc.

[Paul Peterson]

10:40-5:00, with minimal breaks. I started at Houghton Garden, then the Deer Park, then Webster Conservation Area, then Hammond Pond Reservation, then Webster Park, then Norumbega Conservation Area, then Charkes River Reservation, then the old Rumford St. landfill, and finally, Flowed Meadow Conservation Area. Highlights only:

Red-shouldered Hawk 1 imm.; seen along Hammond Pond Parkway at entrance to trail that drops down to woods
Red-tailed Hawk 4 maximum; two at edge of landfill in tree
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 4 max. Deer Park
Common Raven 1 Deer Park and train station
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 4
Swamp Sparrow 3 Flowed Meadow at dusk
American Tree Sparrow 2 ditto
White-throated Sparrow 9 three+two+four
Dark-eyed Junco 23 spread out
House Finch 41 twenty Deer P., twenty-one Webster Park in dense brush in back
American Goldfinch 15

Paul Peterson
peterso...@yahoo.com
Boston