MethuenRailTrail » sanctuary http://methuenrailtrail.org Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:54:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Birding in the Sanctuary http://methuenrailtrail.org/2010/06/birding-in-the-sanctuary/ http://methuenrailtrail.org/2010/06/birding-in-the-sanctuary/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:54:47 +0000 admin http://methuenrailtrail.org/?p=674 4656699162_14a83e83a3_b
Last month we had two ‘birders’ come down and spend some time in our Bird Sanctuary on the rail trail. This is what they found:

Birders: Paula McFarland & Sue McGrath
Location: Nevins Bird Sanctuary
Observation date: 5/23/10
Number of species: 32
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 3
Great Blue Heron 30 (approx 16 occupied nests!)
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Chimney Swift 10
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 7
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 8
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 7
Cedar Waxwing 10
Yellow Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 5
Scarlet Tanager 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 15
Baltimore Oriole 11
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 15

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