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
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S111033188

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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