Allen’s Pond WS, Bristol, Massachusetts, US
May 22, 2022 8:00 AM – 11:16 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.038 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Allen’s Pond WS- Leader Nick Paulson- 1 participant. Warm with a cool ocean breeze, sunny, some migrants. Great views of some shorebirds, and Saltmarsh Sparrows.
72 species
Canada Goose  14
Mute Swan  2
Gadwall  1
Mallard  12
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  3
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Killdeer  4
Dunlin  14
Least Sandpiper  1
White-rumped Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  8
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Willet (Eastern)  12
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Herring Gull (American)  14
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Least Tern  8
Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana)  10
Common Loon  16
Great Cormorant (North Atlantic)  1
Double-crested Cormorant  22
Great Egret  2
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey (carolinensis)  8
Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group)  1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Alder Flycatcher  1
Willow Flycatcher  5
Least Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  4
White-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  5
Tree Swallow  12
Barn Swallow (American)  15
House Wren (Northern)  3
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  4
Gray Catbird  24
Northern Mockingbird  2
Eastern Bluebird  1
American Robin  12
House Sparrow  3
House Finch  6
American Goldfinch  2
Seaside Sparrow (Atlantic)  4    All seen. One singing. Spread out.
Saltmarsh Sparrow  24    Very visible throughout, many perched singing or going around in pairs. 20% Lowered estimate due to them potentially moving around. About 30 seen.
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  7
Bobolink  4
Orchard Oriole  1
Baltimore Oriole  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  28
Brown-headed Cowbird  7
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  3
Ovenbird  3
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  24
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
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