The date: 3/4/2026
The week number: 10

The walk number: 1859
The weather: 69 F; partly cloudy

The walkers: Alan Cummings, Tia Hogan, Viveca Sapin-Areeda, Annette Kapple,

Eric Warren, Ellen Yu, Chip O’Connor, Kevin Kan, Calvin Kan, Wan-Ying Kan, John Beckett

The birds (29)

No. First Name Last Name Prob

2	Western	Bluebird	0.50
1	Red-whiskered	Bulbul	0.88
16		Bushtit	0.88
3	American	Crow	1
3	Mourning	Dove	0.88
10	House	Finch	0.88
1	Lesser	Goldfinch	1
1	Cooper’s	Hawk	0.50
1	Red-shouldered	Hawk	0
2	Red-tailed	Hawk	0.62
3	Anna’s	Hummingbird	1
2	Selasphorus	Hummingbird	0.75
5	Dark-eyed	Junco	1
1	Cassin’s	Kingbird	0
2	Ruby-crowned	Kinglet	1
1	Northern	Mockingbird	0.88
2	Band-tailed	Pigeon	1
1	Common	Raven	1
7	American	Robin	0.25
1	California	Scrub-Jay	0
1	House	Sparrow	0.88
3	White-throated	Swift	0.12
1	California	Towhee	1
1	Orange-crowned	Warbler	0.50
5	Yellow-rumped	Warbler	1
4	Cedar	Waxwing	0.25
3	Acorn	Woodpecker	1
1	Nuttall’s	Woodpecker	0.25
4	Bewick’s	Wren	0.75

Walk lasted between 12:00 and 14:05

At the end of the walk, Ellen said it best. “What an amazing walk!” And she was right. We observed 29 species, 2.9 above the prediction. But, it was what happened on Holliston that amazed me the most. We were all staring at a Cassin’s Kingbird, which was a good find in and of itself. As I was staring though my binoculars, it started to ruffle its tail and feathers and suddenly it flew off. And before I could take my binoculars down, a Red-tailed Hawk appeared, landing right where the kingbird had been. If the hawk was trying to catch the kingbird, it failed. The kingbird got away. The hawks were out and about. We saw Cooper’s, Red-tailed, and heard a Red-shouldered. We saw a lot of birds but we did miss one 100 percenter, the Black Phoebe. But 3 zero percenters more than made up for that. Good walk!

Alan,

3/6/2026