Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (general area), Bristol, Massachusetts, US
Oct 15, 2017 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline Bird Club walk – Leader Nickilas Paulson – Allen’s Pond, Westport – 6 participants. slow migration day, humid and foggy.
39 species (+4 other taxa)
Mute Swan 4
Blue-winged Teal 1
Mallard 2
American Black Duck 22
Common Eider 2
Black Scoter 1
Red-throated Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 30
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 12 Quick low count estimate. Likely many more distant.
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned/Cooper’s Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 2
Sanderling 6
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
peep sp. 1
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Laughing Gull 80
Ring-billed Gull 12
Herring Gull 100
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Blue Jay 14
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 40
swallow sp. 1 Quick view with Tree Swallow flock. Flew out to sea. Seamed a little more Martin like though.
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 60
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 11
Song Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40048237
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