Delaney WMA, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Apr 27, 2025 7:25 AM - 9:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Checklist Comments: 45F at start, last 45" was rainy, cold and windy. Otherwise, some good highlights including excellent viewing of 2 spotted sandpipers, the immature bald eagle and the grasshopper sparrow seen by some towards the end. Towards the end of the walk one participant using Merlin indicated both a rusty black bird and a cedar waxwing were heard. Not seen by anyone. 42 species (+1 other taxa)
Snow Goose 2 Clearly seen by all using the spotting scopes. Pair was near the west bank of of the pond north of the dike Canada Goose 12 Mute Swan 1 Wood Duck 6 Mallard 4 Ring-necked Duck 8 Mourning Dove 1 Killdeer 5 Excellent sightings. Spotted Sandpiper 2 Excellent viewing of pair in lower meadow north of main dike/meadow trail. Double-crested Cormorant 5 Great Blue Heron 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Seen by 2 experienced participants. Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 1 Soaring over head. Bald Eagle 1 Immature; soaring. Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Clearly heard by 2 of us. Blue Jay 5 Probably more American Crow 2 Heard calling from north side. Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 Tree Swallow 65 Best estimate...perhaps more. Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 12 Perhaps more. White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Eastern Bluebird 4 American Robin 6 American Goldfinch 5 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 Seen clearly by several participants who lingered towards the end of the walk not far from parking lot. Chipping Sparrow 9 Dark-eyed Junco 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 7 Red-winged Blackbird 12 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 Common Grackle 2 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 16 Northern Cardinal 3
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