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Lake Quannapowitt, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 3, 2024 8:19 AM – 9:01 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.29 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Trip Led by: Dave Williams – The Lakes of Wakefield and Lynnfield 6 of us had a beautiful crisp morning with a nice variety of waterfowl throughout our morning

Mostly Stationary and walking a small area of cemetery

18 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  8

duck sp.  1

Mourning Dove  2

Ring-billed Gull  7

American Herring Gull  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4

Carolina Wren  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  9

House Sparrow  1

House Finch  2

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  14

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  4

new world sparrow sp.  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201535984

Crystal Lake, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 3, 2024 9:11 AM – 9:56 AM

Mostly stationary with walking to scope from points

26 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  19

Mute Swan  4

Wood Duck  52    Conservative

Mallard  78

American Black Duck  2

Ring-necked Duck  32

Bufflehead  10

Hooded Merganser  6

duck sp.  1    Northern shoveler x Mallard possibly

Mourning Dove  4

Ring-billed Gull  2

American Herring Gull  2

Pied-billed Grebe  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Carolina Wren  1

American Robin  4

American Goldfinch  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201535982

Lynnfield Marsh–Audubon Rd. and Edgewater, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 3, 2024 10:27 AM – 11:23 AM

Mostly Stationary with some walking

27 species

Canada Goose  54

Mute Swan  6

American Wigeon  1

Mallard  25

American Black Duck  15

Northern Pintail  5    2 male

Green-winged Teal (American)  33    Conservative / Not unusual here

Mourning Dove  4

American Coot  9

Killdeer  3

Ring-billed Gull  3

American Herring Gull  2

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

European Starling  4

American Robin  4

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201535980

Suntaug Lake, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 3, 2024 11:38 AM – 11:57 AM

15 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  9

Mute Swan  23

Gadwall  4

Mallard  9

Ring-necked Duck  12

Greater/Lesser Scaup  9

Bufflehead  18

Common Merganser (North American)  2

Mourning Dove  1

Ring-billed Gull  1

American Herring Gull  5

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Carolina Wren  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  5

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201535978

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