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Longfellow National Historic Site
Birds
Red-tailed Hawk at Longfellow National Historic Site.

Photograph by David R. Daly, NPS.

Red-tailed Hawk. Photographed on balcony rail at Longfellow National Historic Site

The following list of birds records those identified at Longfellow National Historic Site. If you visit the site and see birdlife not listed below, send an e-mail and let us know!

 

American Crow

American Goldfinch

American Robin

Baltimore Oriole

Black Capped Chickadee

Blue Jay

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Canada Goose

Cedar Waxwing

Chimney Swift

Common Grackle

Common Yellowthroat

Dark Eyed Junco

Downy Woodpecker

European Starling

Gray Catbird
Hermit Thrush

Herring Gull

House Finch

House Sparrow

Mourning Dove

Northern Cardinal

Northern Flicker

Northern Mockingbird

Pigeon

Red-tailed Hawk

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Song Sparrow

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-throated Vireo

Charles Sumner, by Eastman Johnson, 1846.  

Did You Know?
Charles Sumner, the orator and senator from Massachusetts, was one of Henry Longfellow's best friends and a frequent visitor to the house on Brattle Street.

Last Updated: April 14, 2009 at 11:31 EST