Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Bristol, Massachusetts, US
Oct 6, 2019 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club: Allen’s Pond, Dartmouth – leader Nick Paulson
41 species
Canada Goose  6
Mute Swan  3
Mallard  4
American Black Duck  9
Common Eider  3
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Mourning Dove  3
Greater Yellowlegs  9
Lesser Yellowlegs  4
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  13
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Double-crested Cormorant  12
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  5
Snowy Egret  1
Turkey Vulture  13
Osprey  3
Cooper’s Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  6
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  22
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  60
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  30
Gray Catbird  3
American Robin  5
House Sparrow  8
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  3
Savannah Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  3
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  8
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S63336867

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