1953Sudbury Valley Trustees2013Celebrating 60 Years of Conservation, Collaboration and Community

Raj Das photographed an American goldfinch, eastern phoebe, mourning dove, palm warbler, white-breasted nuthatch, and yellow-rumped warbler along the Cochituate Rail Trail in Framingham.

Joan Chasan photographed eastern bluebirds, a dark-eyed junco, an American goldfinch, a house finch and mourning doves in her Framingham back yard.

Joan Chasan photographed American goldfinches and a dark-eyed junco in her Framingham back yard.

Betsy Taylor-Kennedy photographed common redpolls, American goldfinches and a hairy woodpecker in her Bolton back yard.

Joan Chasan photographed a red-bellied woodpecker, an American goldfinch, a hairy woodpecker and a group of house finches in her Framingham back yard.

Joan Chasan photographed an American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee and tufted titmouse in her Framingham back yard.

Raj Das photographed an American goldfinch, downy woodpecker, pine warbler, snapping turtle and swamp sparrow at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.

Raj Das photographed an American bullfrog, American goldfinch, dragonflies, butterflies, a great blue heron and a great egret at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.

 

Chris Renna recorded this video of wildlife, including a feasting snapping turtle, at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord. 

Sue Feldberg photographed this American goldfinch in Sudbury.

 

Steve from Stow photographed an indigo bunting and an American goldfinch at his backyard feeder, as well as a chipping sparrow feeding a young brown-headed cowbird. Brown-headed cowbirds don't build nests, instead the females lay many eggs each year, depositing them in other birds' nests. The resulting chicks are often larger than the host parents' chicks and have a competitive advantage in the nest.

 

Doug Johnson photographed this American goldfinch in Marlborough.

 

Joan Chasan photographed a least sandpiper, a killdeer, a solitary sandpiper, an American goldfinch and a northern water snake that had just eaten a fish - all off of Water Row in Sudbury.

Dick McWalter photographed an American goldfinch and a tree swallow near the Assabet River in West Concord.

Gregory Billingham reports the following list of birds from a walk around Crane Swamp in Westborough and Northborough, including SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation and Sawink Farm Reservation:

• American Robin - 10
• Black-capped Chickadee - 4
• Downy Woodpecker - 2
• Hairy Woodpecker - 1
• Mallard - 30+
• Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco - 6
• White-throated Sparrow - 4
• Song Sparrow - 9
• American Goldfinch - 3
• Falcon sp. - 1 (Peregrine?)

Anne Dykiel photographed these pine siskins and an American goldfinch in Acton.

Anne Dykiel photographed this American goldfinch in Acton.

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)

 

Anne Dykiel photographed this American goldfinch in Acton.