Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (general area), Bristol, Massachusetts, US
Jun 4, 2017 9:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
Comments: BBC/SSBC trip
39 species
Gadwall 3
American Black Duck 3 6 or so young
Mallard (Northern) 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey (carolinensis) 4
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 1
Willet (Eastern) 6
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Least Tern 5
Common Tern (hirundo) 10
Mourning Dove 1
Willow Flycatcher 6
Eastern Phoebe 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 5
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow (American) 6
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 9
Cedar Waxwing 8
Common Yellowthroat 10
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 24
Saltmarsh Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 8
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Bobolink 1 could have been two
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 25
Common Grackle 3
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 5
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37692293
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