Allen’s Pond WS, Bristol, Massachusetts, US

May 19, 2024 8:00 AM – 10:26 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk: Leader nick Paulson, no participants. Cool, overcast and windy, occasional sprinkles.

83 species

Canada Goose  20

Mute Swan  2

Gadwall  4

Mallard  5

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  5

Red-breasted Merganser  1

Mourning Dove  4

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1

Clapper Rail (Atlantic Coast)  1

Killdeer  2

Willet (Eastern)  14

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Ruddy Turnstone  6

Dunlin  30

Purple Sandpiper  1

Least Sandpiper  13

Semipalmated Sandpiper  2

Laughing Gull  2

Ring-billed Gull  10

Herring Gull (American)  75

Great Black-backed Gull  15

Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana)  80

Common Loon  5

Double-crested Cormorant  30

Snowy Egret  1

Great Egret  7

Turkey Vulture  3

Osprey (carolinensis)  10

Broad-winged Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Willow Flycatcher  4

Great Crested Flycatcher  4

Eastern Kingbird  1

White-eyed Vireo  7

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  2

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Tufted Titmouse  6

Bank Swallow  6

Tree Swallow  9

Purple Martin  3

Barn Swallow (American)  22

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  3

Marsh Wren (palustris Group)  1

Carolina Wren  8

European Starling  5

Gray Catbird  14

American Robin  18

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  8

Chipping Sparrow  3

White-throated Sparrow  1

Seaside Sparrow (Atlantic)  6    Several singing, beach loop, 2 seen.

Saltmarsh Sparrow  8

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  3

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  12

Eastern Towhee  5

Bobolink  10

Orchard Oriole  3

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  40

Brown-headed Cowbird  7

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  14

Ovenbird  9

Blue-winged Warbler  2

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  12

Hooded Warbler  1

American Redstart  3

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  24

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2

Summer Tanager  1    75 feet south of where treetop meets fresh pond loop, along fresh pond loop in a large oak. Mostly all yellow bird with a little bit of red-orange to undertail coverts, tail, and wings. Large bill. No contrast wings vs back.

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175630042

Scholarship Report

The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute

Tips for inspiring Young Birders

The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you

ANNUAL REPORT 2009

2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

Scholarship Report

The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute

Tips for inspiring Young Birders

The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you

ANNUAL REPORT 2009

2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

Scholarship Report

The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute

Tips for inspiring Young Birders

The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you

ANNUAL REPORT 2009

2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

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