Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Hammond Pond, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 29, 2025 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. Beautiful morning. Not many birds along the pond, but we found them in Houghton Garden

23 species

Canada Goose  8

Mute Swan  1

Wood Duck  5

Mallard  1

Killdeer  2

Double-crested Cormorant  5

Great Blue Heron  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1    Heard only

Gray Catbird  2

American Robin  2

American Goldfinch  4

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Common Grackle  2

Palm Warbler  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S230974336

Houghton Garden, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 29, 2025 7:50 AM – 8:20 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.2 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. Second part of Hammond Pond trip

13 species

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Gray Catbird  1

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  1    heard

White-throated Sparrow  2

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  8

Black-throated Green Warbler  1    heard

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S230975665

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