Allen’s Pond WS, Bristol, Massachusetts, US

Nov 10, 2024 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk-Allens Pond WS-Leader Nick Paulson

56 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  14

Mute Swan  2

Gadwall  2

Mallard  12

American Black Duck  40

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  2

Surf Scoter  4

White-winged Scoter  10

Black Scoter  8

scoter sp.  100

Bufflehead  20

Common Goldeneye  2

Hooded Merganser  28

Red-breasted Merganser  60

Mourning Dove  1

Virginia Rail  1

Black-bellied Plover  1

Killdeer  1

Laughing Gull  1

Ring-billed Gull  60

American Herring Gull  30

Great Black-backed Gull  10

Horned Grebe  35

Red-necked Grebe  1

Red-throated Loon  20

Common Loon  12

Double-crested Cormorant  180

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  8

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  8

Black-capped Chickadee  12

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

Golden-crowned Kinglet  5

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Winter Wren  1

Carolina Wren  14

European Starling  25

Gray Catbird  6

Northern Mockingbird  2

Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  8

American Robin  30

House Sparrow  6

American Pipit  1

House Finch  9

American Goldfinch  10

Snow Bunting  11

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  3

White-throated Sparrow  14

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  10

Swamp Sparrow  3

Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed)  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  23

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S204121897

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

News Categories

Upcoming Field Trips

  • Bring Back Boblinks: Bobolink Walk and Nature Journaling at Appleton Farms

    Ipswich - Appleton Farms paid parking, free for TTOR members 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA, United States

    Part of our Bring Back Boblinks conservation series. Bird walk from 8 - 10 am. Followed by optional sketching and nature journaling. Learn about our special species of concern, the Bobolink, during a guided walk through their breeding habitat observing field marks, mating calls and nest building. Then study and appreciate these beautiful birds during

  • Horn Pond, Woburn

    Woburn - Horn Pond - Sturgis St 98 Sturgis St, Woburn, MA, United States

    We’ll look out and listen for breeders that have settled into the Horn Pond area like Great Crested Flycatchers, Scarlet Tanagers, Wood Thrushes, Ovenbirds, Towhee, and others. Horn Pond has a great mix of deciduous, pine, marsh, and lake habitats that attract a variety of birds including song birds, water birds, birds of prey, and

  • Crane Wildlife Management Area, East Falmouth

    Falmouth - Crane WMA 754 Nathan Ellis Highway, Falmouth, MA, United States

    With CCBC leading. This unique grassland habitat is host to a rich variety of species, including Eastern Meadowlark, Grasshopper Sparrow, Bobolink, American Kestrel and possibly Blue Grosbeak. When we’re done at Crane, we can cross the road and scan Coonamessett Field for raptor activity. Those wishing to can continue on to Mass Audubon’s Ashumet Holly

  • Crane Beach, Ipswich

    Ipswich - Crane Beach 331 Argilla Rd, Ipswich, MA, United States

    Cosponsored by the ECOC. This two-mile walk in the sand is aimed at nesting Piping Plovers, Least Terns, and Bank Swallows, as well as evening singers such as Whip-poor-wills. Be prepared for mosquitoes at sunset.

  • Myles Standish State Forest, Carver – Evening

    Carver - Myles Standish State Forest 181 Cranberry Rd, Carver, MA, United States

    A serene way to end the day with Prairie Warblers and Hermit Thrushes reluctantly giving way to Eastern Whip-poor-wills and, perhaps, Northern Saw-whet Owls. Target endangered breeding species: Whip-poor-will.

Go to Top