Concord Birds 2013 Begins!

Happy 2013!

Ludlow G. and the Concord Birds 2013 Project began today with a good bird, a resplendent drake Wood Duck in the Assabet River below Cousin's Field.

Here are Ludlow G's first shared sightings:

Cousins Park/Thoreau School Neighborhood, West Concord, MA, Middlesex, US-MA
Jan 1, 2013 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Windy, 30*, warm front pushing in.
19 species

Wood Duck  1     loosely associating with Mallards just below Cousin's Field in the Assabet; flew upstream toward Damon Mill. Observed for 5 minutes
Mallard  5
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Mourning Dove  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  8
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  5
American Tree Sparrow  3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
Northern Cardinal  1
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  13
House Sparrow  15

Share your 2013 Concord sighting with Ludlow G. at davidswain79 at gmail.com.  Our crowd-sourced goal is 200 species.

all the best in 2013!