Saturday, April 16, 2011

Arnold Arboretum 4/16

From Bob Mayer:

The first in a planned series of four Saturday AM walks in the arboretum kicked off on a brisk sunny morning with 30 participants. Given the turnout, Marc Devokaitis and I split the group but each ended up seeing or hearing pretty much the same species if not birds.  Next week we will do the Peters Hill section of the park.  Today's list:

Location:     Arnold Arboretum
Observation date:     4/16/11
Notes:     sun/clouds 40 
Number of species:     31

Canada Goose     4
Mallard     2
Double-crested Cormorant     1
Red-tailed Hawk     2
Herring Gull     2
Rock Pigeon     6
Mourning Dove     6
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     2
Blue Jay     10
American Crow     2
Tree Swallow     2
Black-capped Chickadee     4
Tufted Titmouse     3
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
American Robin     40
Northern Mockingbird     1
European Starling     4
Pine Warbler     3  Marc's group had good views of one
Chipping Sparrow     6
Fox Sparrow     2  
Song Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     5
Dark-eyed Junco     3
Northern Cardinal     8
Red-winged Blackbird     10
Common Grackle     8
Brown-headed Cowbird     4
American Goldfinch     3