Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Bristol, Massachusetts, US
01-Oct-2023 08:30 – 13:30
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Allen’s Pond WS- Leader Nick Paulson: 3 participants. Beach loop quansett trail, stone barn area. Cool to start but warming, windy. Exceptionally high tide. Most of the marsh grass was flooded.
48 species (+3 other taxa)
American Black Duck  14
Mourning Dove  1
peep sp.  1
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Laughing Gull  2
Ring-billed Gull  10
Herring Gull (American)  40
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Double-crested Cormorant  50
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  11
Great Egret  115    Still staging here in high numbers. Counted by ones in a sweep, but more kept flying in.
Snowy Egret  12    Still staging here in smaller numbers. Most sitting on far rock.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  1    Continuing juvenile, photos.
Turkey Vulture  32
Osprey (carolinensis)  8
Northern Harrier  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  3
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  20
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Horned Lark  1
Tree Swallow  2200
Barn Swallow (American)  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
House Wren (Northern)  1
Carolina Wren  4
European Starling  70
Gray Catbird  19
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  1
Cedar Waxwing  6
House Sparrow  3
House Finch  9
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  4
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  12
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  8
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  1
new world sparrow sp.  2
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  1
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S151613436

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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