Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Bristol, Massachusetts, US

Jun 2, 2024 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.25 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC, BBC Trip lead by G. D’Entremont. Clear skies, high 60s to low 70s°F, slight breeze, mid tide falling. Marshes and Quansett Trail

39 species

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  19    Three females together with 16 ducklings

Mourning Dove  3

Killdeer  2

Willet (Eastern)  6

Herring Gull  4

Common Tern  70

Roseate Tern  2

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Great Egret  2

Turkey Vulture  3

Osprey (carolinensis)  7

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Willow Flycatcher  8

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

White-eyed Vireo  2    Pretty good looks at one singing and preening along Quansett Trail

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  4

Barn Swallow (American)  15

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  3

Gray Catbird  11

American Robin  6

Cedar Waxwing  5

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  6

Seaside Sparrow  2    Brief looks at at least two flying about the saltmarsh

Saltmarsh Sparrow  6    Good looks at a few

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  8

Bobolink  3

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  15

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  6

Common Yellowthroat  4

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  28

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S180200159

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