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Allen’s Pond WS, Bristol, Massachusetts, US

May 17, 2026 7:45 AM – 12:05 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Allen’s Pond WS – Leader Nick Paulson. Warm to hot, sunny, low wind to start.

66 species

Canada Goose  4

Mute Swan  4

Gadwall  1

Mallard  5

Mourning Dove  4

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Killdeer  5

Lesser Yellowlegs  2

Willet (Eastern)  20

Greater Yellowlegs  3

Sanderling  1

Dunlin  80

Least Sandpiper  15

Semipalmated Sandpiper  5

Ring-billed Gull  1

American Herring Gull  10

Great Black-backed Gull  3

Common Tern  30

Double-crested Cormorant  25

Glossy Ibis  5

Snowy Egret  6

Great Egret  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  3

Osprey  10

Broad-winged Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Willow Flycatcher  4

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  10

Barn Swallow  18

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

Northern House Wren  1

European Starling  4

Gray Catbird  13

Brown Thrasher  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  12

House Sparrow  5

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  5

Seaside Sparrow (Atlantic)  5    2 separate pairs. Another calling.

Saltmarsh Sparrow  15

Savannah Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  6

Eastern Towhee  2

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  25

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  6

Ovenbird  3

Blue-winged Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  20

Scarlet Tanager  2

Northern Cardinal  5

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S342014569

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ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

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