I walked through Nahanton Park early this morning, for the first time since the end of May. Quite a bit of activity! I think a number of species stage here in post-breeding dispersal. There were a lot of Common Yellowthroats, Yellow-shafted Flickers, and Black-capped Chicadees. On the river there was a row of eleven Wood Ducks, in eclipse plumage.
Here's a complete list. (Sorry for the Latin, as usual.)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 11 lined up on the far side of the river. Eclipse plumage. Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 5 Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) 1 Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 5 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 16 Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) 1 Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 1 Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 2 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 4 incl juv American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 2 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 10 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 5 breeding under the bridge Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 14 Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 2 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 6 incl juv House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 4 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 35 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 16 Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 5 Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 6 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 12 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 5 Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 1 Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 1 House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 4 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 8
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