Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Bristol, Massachusetts, US
Oct 3, 2021 8:30 AM – 11:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk: Allen’s Pond WS: Leader Nickilas Paulson: Beach Loop, Quansett Trail to Pond Loop and back. Warm and humid.
41 species
Canada Goose  4
Mourning Dove  2
Least Sandpiper  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull  20
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Double-crested Cormorant  80
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  40
Osprey  2
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  15
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  12
Tree Swallow  150
Carolina Wren  4
European Starling  30
Gray Catbird  15
Northern Mockingbird  3
American Robin  5
American Pipit  9
House Finch  7
American Goldfinch  60
Seaside Sparrow  1    Late. Dark sparrow with yellow lores and white throat. Start of beach loop by the water crossing. Perching out in easy view, close.
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  6
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  10
Swamp Sparrow  4
Common Yellowthroat  1
Pine Warbler  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  45
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95559164
Gooseberry Neck, Bristol, Massachusetts, US
Oct 3, 2021 11:20 AM – 12:50 PM
33 species (+1 other taxa)
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  18
Black Scoter  5
Mourning Dove  3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Black-bellied Plover  8
Semipalmated Plover  3
Ruddy Turnstone  6
Sanderling  3
Semipalmated Sandpiper  3
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull (American)  25
Great Black-backed Gull  40
Common Loon  2
Double-crested Cormorant  45
Great Egret  2
Northern Harrier  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Peregrine Falcon (North American)  1    Seen twice, so 1-2.
Peregrine Falcon (Tundra)  1    Seen twice. But likely same bird.
Blue Jay  4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  1500
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  1
Gray Catbird  8
House Finch  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  3
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  4
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6
Swamp Sparrow  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  20
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95559168

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

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