Bald Hill Conservation Area–Crooked Pond, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 18, 2026 8:03 AM – 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.741 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club spring walk to look for Louisiana waterthrushes. We were unsuccessful, but had a run-in with a nice mixed flock near the parking area and got great looks at some species around the pond.
33 species
Canada Goose 3
Wood Duck 6 Maybe more
Mallard 4
Hooded Merganser 3
American Herring Gull 1 Flew over parking area
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Distant
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1 Backlit, way up in tree
Blue Jay 6
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 10
Tree Swallow 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1 Distant calling
Brown Creeper 4
Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus) 2
American Robin 2
House Finch 1 Heard from parking area
American Goldfinch 6
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 10
Common Grackle 3
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1 Up in tree, backlit
Pine Warbler 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324193312
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