Allen’s Pond WS, Bristol, Massachusetts, US
Nov 9, 2025 8:22 AM – 10:22 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Allens Pond WS – Leaders Nick Paulson. Quiet for land birds, lots of ducks on the pond.
30 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 40
Northern Shoveler 1
Mallard 4
American Black Duck 80
Bufflehead 50
Common Goldeneye 4
Hooded Merganser 15
Red-breasted Merganser 75
Ring-billed Gull 2
American Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull 5
gull sp. 500
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 6
Blue Jay 4
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 12
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 10
House Sparrow 5
American Pipit 2
House Finch 8
Purple Finch 2
American Goldfinch 3
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 3
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S283790578
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