Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Bristol, Massachusetts, US
Oct 3, 2021 8:30 AM – 11:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk: Allen’s Pond WS: Leader Nickilas Paulson: Beach Loop, Quansett Trail to Pond Loop and back. Warm and humid.
41 species
Canada Goose  4
Mourning Dove  2
Least Sandpiper  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull  20
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Double-crested Cormorant  80
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  40
Osprey  2
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  15
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  12
Tree Swallow  150
Carolina Wren  4
European Starling  30
Gray Catbird  15
Northern Mockingbird  3
American Robin  5
American Pipit  9
House Finch  7
American Goldfinch  60
Seaside Sparrow  1    Late. Dark sparrow with yellow lores and white throat. Start of beach loop by the water crossing. Perching out in easy view, close.
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  6
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  10
Swamp Sparrow  4
Common Yellowthroat  1
Pine Warbler  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  45
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95559164
Gooseberry Neck, Bristol, Massachusetts, US
Oct 3, 2021 11:20 AM – 12:50 PM
33 species (+1 other taxa)
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  18
Black Scoter  5
Mourning Dove  3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Black-bellied Plover  8
Semipalmated Plover  3
Ruddy Turnstone  6
Sanderling  3
Semipalmated Sandpiper  3
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull (American)  25
Great Black-backed Gull  40
Common Loon  2
Double-crested Cormorant  45
Great Egret  2
Northern Harrier  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Peregrine Falcon (North American)  1    Seen twice, so 1-2.
Peregrine Falcon (Tundra)  1    Seen twice. But likely same bird.
Blue Jay  4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  1500
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  1
Gray Catbird  8
House Finch  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  3
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  4
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6
Swamp Sparrow  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  20
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95559168

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