EwA Guide to the Birds of the Fells (Massachusetts, US)

An EwA companion guide to the birds regularly seen at the Middlesex Fells Reservation (Massachusetts, US).
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Common Raven ¹
Corvus corax

Bald Eagle ²
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

American Black Duck ³
Anas rubripes

American Goldfinch ⁴
Spinus tristis

American Kestrel ⁵
Falco sparverius

American Redstart ⁶
Setophaga ruticilla

American Robin ⁷
Turdus migratorius

Bald Eagle ⁷
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Baltimore Oriole ⁷
Icterus galbula

Belted Kingfisher ⁸
Megaceryle alcyon

Black-and-white Warbler ⁷
Mniotilta varia

Black-capped Chickadee ⁷
Poecile atricapillus

Black-throated Blue Warbler ⁹
Setophaga caerulescens

Black-throated Green Warbler ⁶
Setophaga virens

Blue Jay ⁷
Cyanocitta cristata

Brown Creeper ¹⁰
Certhia americana

Brown-headed Cowbird ⁷
Molothrus ater

Bufflehead ⁷
Bucephala albeola

Canada Goose ⁷
Branta canadensis

Carolina Wren ¹¹
Thryothorus ludovicianus

Common Grackle ⁷
Quiscalus quiscula

Cedar Waxwing ⁷
Bombycilla cedrorum

Chipping Sparrow ⁷
Spizella passerina

Cooper's Hawk ¹²
Accipiter cooperii

Common Yellowthroat ⁷
Geothlypis trichas

Eastern Phoebe ⁷
Sayornis phoebe

Eastern Bluebird ⁷
Sialia sialis

Downy Woodpecker ⁷
Dryobates pubescens

Eastern Wood-Pewee ⁷
Contopus virens

Eastern Towhee ¹³
Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Golden-crowned Kinglet ¹⁴
Regulus satrapa

Gray Catbird ⁷
Dumetella carolinensis

Great Blue Heron ⁷
Ardea herodias

Hairy Woodpecker ¹⁵
Dryobates villosus

Hermit Thrush ⁷
Catharus guttatus

Hooded Merganser ¹⁶
Lophodytes cucullatus

House Sparrow ⁷
Passer domesticus

Mallard ⁷
Anas platyrhynchos

Mourning Dove ⁷
Zenaida macroura

Northern Cardinal ⁷
Cardinalis cardinalis

Mute Swan ¹⁷
Cygnus olor

Northern Flicker ⁷
Colaptes auratus

Northern Mockingbird ⁷
Mimus polyglottos

Ovenbird ⁷
Seiurus aurocapilla

Palm Warbler ⁷
Setophaga palmarum

Pileated Woodpecker ⁷
Dryocopus pileatus

Red-bellied Woodpecker ¹⁸
Melanerpes carolinus

Red-winged Blackbird ⁷
Agelaius phoeniceus

Red-tailed Hawk ¹⁹
Buteo jamaicensis

Ring-necked Duck ⁷
Aythya collaris

Rose-breasted Grosbeak ²⁰
Pheucticus ludovicianus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ²¹
Regulus calendula

Savannah Sparrow ²²
Passerculus sandwichensis

Scarlet Tanager ⁷
Piranga olivacea

Solitary Sandpiper ⁷
Tringa solitaria

Song Sparrow ⁷
Melospiza melodia

Swainson's Thrush ⁷
Catharus ustulatus

Swamp Sparrow ²³
Melospiza georgiana

Tufted Titmouse ⁷
Baeolophus bicolor

Turkey Vulture ²⁴
Cathartes aura

White-breasted Nuthatch ⁷
Sitta carolinensis

White-throated Sparrow ⁷
Zonotrichia albicollis

Wild Turkey ²⁵
Meleagris gallopavo

Winter Wren ²⁶
Troglodytes hiemalis

Wood Duck ²⁷
Aix sponsa

Wood Thrush ²⁸
Hylocichla mustelina

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EwA Guide to the Birds of the Fells (Massachusetts, US)

Common Raven 1 Corvus corax

Bald Eagle 2 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

American Black Duck 3 Anas rubripes

American Goldfinch 4 Spinus tristis

American Kestrel 5 Falco sparverius

American Redstart 6 Setophaga ruticilla

American Robin 7 Turdus migratorius

Bald Eagle 7 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Baltimore Oriole 7 Icterus galbula

Belted Kingfisher 8 Megaceryle alcyon

Black-and-white Warbler 7 Mniotilta varia

Black-capped Chickadee 7 Poecile atricapillus

Black-throated Blue Warbler 9 Setophaga caerulescens

Black-throated Green Warbler 6 Setophaga virens

Blue Jay 7 Cyanocitta cristata

Brown Creeper 10 Certhia americana

Brown-headed Cowbird 7 Molothrus ater

Bufflehead 7 Bucephala albeola

Canada Goose 7 Branta canadensis

Carolina Wren 11 Thryothorus ludovicianus

Common Grackle 7 Quiscalus quiscula

Cedar Waxwing 7 Bombycilla cedrorum

Chipping Sparrow 7 Spizella passerina

Cooper's Hawk 12 Accipiter cooperii

Common Yellowthroat 7 Geothlypis trichas

Eastern Phoebe 7 Sayornis phoebe

Eastern Bluebird 7 Sialia sialis

Downy Woodpecker 7 Dryobates pubescens

Eastern Wood-Pewee 7 Contopus virens

Eastern Towhee 13 Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Golden-crowned Kinglet 14 Regulus satrapa

Gray Catbird 7 Dumetella carolinensis

Great Blue Heron 7 Ardea herodias

Hairy Woodpecker 15 Dryobates villosus

Hermit Thrush 7 Catharus guttatus

Hooded Merganser 16 Lophodytes cucullatus

House Sparrow 7 Passer domesticus

Mallard 7 Anas platyrhynchos

Mourning Dove 7 Zenaida macroura

Northern Cardinal 7 Cardinalis cardinalis

Mute Swan 17 Cygnus olor

Northern Flicker 7 Colaptes auratus

Northern Mockingbird 7 Mimus polyglottos

Ovenbird 7 Seiurus aurocapilla

Palm Warbler 7 Setophaga palmarum

Pileated Woodpecker 7 Dryocopus pileatus

Red-bellied Woodpecker 18 Melanerpes carolinus

Red-winged Blackbird 7 Agelaius phoeniceus

Red-tailed Hawk 19 Buteo jamaicensis

Ring-necked Duck 7 Aythya collaris

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 20 Pheucticus ludovicianus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 21 Regulus calendula

Savannah Sparrow 22 Passerculus sandwichensis

Scarlet Tanager 7 Piranga olivacea

Solitary Sandpiper 7 Tringa solitaria

Song Sparrow 7 Melospiza melodia

Swainson's Thrush 7 Catharus ustulatus

Swamp Sparrow 23 Melospiza georgiana

Tufted Titmouse 7 Baeolophus bicolor

Turkey Vulture 24 Cathartes aura

White-breasted Nuthatch 7 Sitta carolinensis

White-throated Sparrow 7 Zonotrichia albicollis

Wild Turkey 25 Meleagris gallopavo

Winter Wren 26 Troglodytes hiemalis

Wood Duck 27 Aix sponsa

Wood Thrush 28 Hylocichla mustelina