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Highland Farm Preserve Bird Log

We host Bird Walk Wednesdays at Highland Farm Preserve on the third Wednesday of each month in partnership with White Pine Programs. We keep a running tally of our sightings here so that our birding community can keep track of the species that come and go through the seasons! For a more extensive list of bird sightings at Highland Farm Preserve, check out eBird.org.

We hope you’ll consider joining us on our next walk. Email info@yorklandtrust.org to sign up for our email list.

Date: May 19, 2021

Weather: High 60s, sunny.

  1. Mourning Dove
  2. Great Blue Heron (flyover)
  3. Red-tailed Hawk
  4. Red-bellied Woodpecker
  5. Blue-headed Vireo
  6. Red-eyed Vireo
  7. Black-capped Chickadee
  8. Tree Swallow
  9. Gray Catbird
  10. Eastern Bluebird
  11. Veery
  12. Hermit Thrush
  13. Wood Thrush
  14. American Robin
  15. Cedar Waxwing
  16. American Goldfinch
  17. Eastern Towhee
  18. Red-winged Blackbird
  19. Ovenbird
  20. Black-and-white Warbler
  21. Common Yellowthroat
  22. American Redstart
  23. Northern Parula
  24. Yellow Warbler
  25. Chestnut-sided Warbler
  26. Prairie Warbler
  27. Wilson’s Warbler
  28. Northern Cardinal
  29. Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Date: April 21, 2021

Weather: 50/60s, fair skies.

  1. Mourning Dove
  2. Double-crested Cormorant
  3. Turkey Vulture
  4. Red-tailed Hawk
  5. Pileated Woodpecker
  6. Northern Flicker
  7. American Kestrel
  8. Eastern Phoebe
  9. Blue Jay
  10. Black-capped Chickadee
  11. Tufted Titmouse
  12. Tree Swallow
  13. Northern Mockingbird
  14. Eastern Bluebird
  15. Hermit Thrush
  16. American Robin
  17. American Goldfinch
  18. Chipping Sparrow
  19. Savannah Sparrow
  20. Song Sparrow
  21. Red-winged Blackbird

Date: March 27, 2021

Weather: 30s, sunshine

  1. Canada Goose
  2. American Woodcock
  3. Cooper’s Hawk
  4. Red-tailed Hawk
  5. Downy Woodpecker
  6. Blue Jay
  7. American Crow
  8. Common Raven
  9. Black-capped Chickadee
  10. Tufted Titmouse
  11. White-breasted Nuthatch
  12. Eastern Bluebird
  13. American Robin
  14. American Goldfinch
  15. Song Sparrow
  16. Red-winged Blackbird
  17. Northern Cardinal

Date: February 16, 2021

Weather: 20s, sunshine

  1. Blue Jay
  2. American Crow
  3. Black-capped Chickadee
  4. White-breasted Nuthatch
  5. Eastern Bluebird
  6. American Robin

Date: January 20, 2021

Weather: Low 30s, sunshine

  1. Bald Eagle
  2. Hairy Woodpecker — or Downy?
  3. Pileated Woodpecker
  4. Blue Jay
  5. Black-capped Chickadee
  6. Tufted Titmouse
  7. Red-breasted Nuthatch
  8. White-breasted Nuthatch
  9. Eastern Bluebird
  10. Common Redpoll
  11. American Goldfinch
  12. Northern Cardinal

Date: December 16, 2020

Weather: 20s, sunshine

[Sightings from across the street at Smelt Brook Preserve.]

  1. Red-tailed Hawk
  2. Downy Woodpecker
  3. Blue Jay
  4. Tufted Titmouse
  5. White-breasted Nuthatch
  6. American Crow

Date: November 18, 2020

Weather: 30 degrees, sunshine, light wind

  1. Red-tailed Hawk
  2. Red-bellied Woodpecker
  3. Northern Flicker
  4. Blue Jay
  5. American Crow
  6. Black-capped Chickadee
  7. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  8. White-breasted Nuthatch
  9. American Robin
  10. American Goldfinch
  11. Song Sparrow
  12. Yellow-rumped Warbler
  13. Northern Cardinal

Date: October 21, 2020

Weather: Foggy day, low light, temps in the 50s

  1. Downy Woodpecker
  2. Blue Jay
  3. American Crow
  4. Black-capped Chickadee
  5. Golden-crowned Kinglet
  6. White-breasted Nuthatch
  7. Northern Mockingbird
  8. Eastern Bluebird
  9. American Robin
  10. House Finch
  11. American Goldfinch
  12. Dark-eyed Junco
  13. White-throated Sparrow
  14. Swamp Sparrow
  15. Red-winged Blackbird
  16. Yellow-rumped Warbler
  17. Northern Cardinal
  18. And one clucking chipmunk warning of danger overhead!