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Eastern Bluebird
Song Sparrow in Concord and Bluebirds in Sudbury
Sighting Date:
January 22, 2012 
Dawn Puliafico photographed a song sparrow at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord and eastern bluebirds at Wayside Inn in Sudbury.
Read More Birds around Crane Swamp
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November 26, 2011 Gregory Billingham submitted this list of birds he saw during a hike around Crane Swamp in Northborough and Westborough, including SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation and Sawink Farm Reservation.
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 6
- Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 1
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1
- Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 6
- Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 2
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 3
- Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 27
- Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 21
- White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 8
- Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1
- Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 4
- Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 9 2 seen at Sawink; 7 near the top of Cedar Hill that has bluebird houses in the vicinity.
- Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 12
- Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 26
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 11
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 4
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 22
Bluebirds at SVT's Waters and Weir Fields in Framingham
Sighting Date:
August 6, 2011 
Carol Levin photographed these eastern bluebird chicks as well as a mouse nest at SVT's Waters and Weir Reservation in Framingham. Carol is a volunteer nest box monitor at the reservation and has also been logging her bird sightings at the reservation for more than a year. Read more about her project in a past Nature Sightings entry, "A Year at SVT's Waters and Weir Field in Framingham".
Read More Eastern Bluebirds in Sudbury
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June 16, 2011 
Joan Chasan photographed these eastern bluebirds from Water Row in Sudbury.
Read More Eastern Bluebird in Groton
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February 13, 2011 
Patty Stevens photographed this eastern bluebird in Groton.
Read More Eastern Bluebird in Sudbury
Sighting Date:
February 20, 2011 
Greg Dysart photographed this eastern bluebird off Water Row in Sudbury.
Read More Birds along Water Row in Sudbury and Wayland
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July 21, 2010 
Joan Chasan photographed the following birds along Water Row in Sudbury and Wayland: solitary sandpiper, eastern phoebe, eastern bluebird, cedar waxwing.
Read More Wildlife at SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation
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June 15, 2010 
Craig Smith photographed the following during a visit to SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation and the adjacent Crane Swamp Conservation Area lands: eastern bluebird, tree swallow, cedar waxwing, a white-tailed deer and a nursing fawn, downy woodpecker, American robin, and eastern towhee.
Read More Northern Flicker and Bluebird at Estabrook Woods in Concord
Sighting Date:
April 20, 2010 
Dick McWalter photographed a northern flicker and an eastern bluebird at Estabrook Woods in Concord.
Read More Bluebirds and Tree Swallows in Marlborough
Sighting Date:
April 20, 2010 
Russ Place photographed these eastern bluebirds and tree swallows in Marlborough.
Read More Birds at Greenways Conservation Area in Wayland
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March 27, 2010 
Craig Smith photographed the following birds at SVT and the Town of Wayland's Greenways Conservation Area: red-bellied woodpecker, red-tailed hawk, white-breasted nuthatch, eastern bluebird, blue jay and cedar waxwing.
Read More Wildlife at ARNWR in Maynard
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March 19, 2010 
Craig Smith photographed a pair of American black ducks, an eastern bluebird, a muskrat, a white-breasted nuthatch, and a pair of wood ducks at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard.
Read More Birds at Memorial Forest
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March 5, 2010 Gregory Billingham reports the following birds from his walk at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury:
- Ring-billed Gull - 3
- Mourning Dove - 4
- Downy Woodpecker - 1
- American Crow - 3
- Black-capped Chickadee - Many
- Tufted Titmouse - Many
- Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 4
- Eastern Bluebird - 1
Birds at Fay Fields in Sudbury
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June 8, 2009 Laura Mattei saw an indigo bunting and an eastern bluebird at Fay Fields in Sudbury.
Read MoreNature Sightings at Cedar Hill Reservation in Northborough
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June 7, 2009 Laura Mattei saw a spotted turtle, three indigo buntings, a yellow-billed cuckoo and an eastern bluebird at Cedar Hill Reservation in Northborough.
Read MoreBluebirds and a catbird at Memorial Forest in Sudbury
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April 30, 2009 Mike Robinson reports seeing eastern bluebirds and a gray catbird at the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
Read MoreBluebirds and Red-tailed Hawks at Cedar Hill Reservation
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May 3, 2009 Bill Coder reports seeing two eastern bluebird hatchlings and two red-tailed hawks at Cedar Hill in Northborough.
Read More Birds at Upper Mill Brook
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November 11, 2008 Barbarah Howell saw the following birds on a recent walk at Upper Mill Brook in Wayland:
Great Blue Heron (1), Am. Black Duck (4), Mallard (3), Red-tailed Hawk (1), Red-bellied Woodpecker (2), Blue Jay (2), Am. Crow (2), Black-capped Chickadee (5), White-breasted Nuthatch (3), Eastern Bluebird (1), Swamp Sparrow (1), Dark-eyed Junco (6), Am. Goldfinch (8)
Eastern Bluebird
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April 26, 2008 Anne Dykiel photographed this Eastern Bluebird in Acton (click on image for a larger view).
Eastern Bluebird
Sighting Date:
April 24, 2008 Anne Dykiel photographed this Eastern Bluebird in Acton (click on image for a larger view).
