Horn Pond Recreation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 19, 2025 7:37 AM – 9:38 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.78 mile(s)
45 species
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 11
American Black Duck 2
Mourning Dove 2
American Coot 5
Killdeer 2
Ring-billed Gull 1
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Black-crowned Night Heron 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 7
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 12
Fish Crow 2
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 8
House Sparrow 12
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 7
Dark-eyed Junco 1
White-throated Sparrow 9
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 15
Palm Warbler 6
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S227043081
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