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

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

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