Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Bristol, Massachusetts, US
21-May-2023 08:00 – 10:30
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Allen’s Pond WS – leader Nick Paulson – beach loop and Allen’s Neck trails.
72 species
Mute Swan  1
Mallard  1
American Black Duck  18
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  1
Mourning Dove  7
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
American Oystercatcher  1
Killdeer  1
Dunlin  5
Least Sandpiper  2
Willet (Eastern)  12
Herring Gull (American)  7
Least Tern  1
Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana)  8
Double-crested Cormorant  18
Great Egret  6
Snowy Egret  3
Glossy Ibis  1
Osprey (carolinensis)  18
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Willow Flycatcher  3
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  1
White-eyed Vireo  2
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  4
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  3
Tree Swallow  6
Barn Swallow (American)  19
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  3
House Wren (Northern)  2
Carolina Wren  8
European Starling  1
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
Veery  4
American Robin  17
Cedar Waxwing  3
House Sparrow  5
House Finch  5
American Goldfinch  5
Chipping Sparrow  9
Seaside Sparrow (Atlantic)  3    1 seen from causeway, 1 calling near pannes, 1 further out trail.
Saltmarsh Sparrow  8
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6
Eastern Towhee  5
Bobolink  4
Baltimore Oriole  2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  22
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  12
Ovenbird  5
Northern Waterthrush  1
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  4
Magnolia Warbler  1
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  24
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S138807970

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Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

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