Jamaica Pond, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Dec 8, 2019 10:00 AM – 10:35 AM
Checklist Comments:    sunny, windless 20-30 BBC walk
Canada Goose  60
Mute Swan  4
Mallard  30
Hooded Merganser  45
Ruddy Duck  50
Pied-billed Grebe  1
American Coot  1
Ring-billed Gull  17
Herring Gull  1
gull sp.  X
Bald Eagle  1    Immature 2nd or 3rd year bird soaring over pond and seen by several members of the group after the walk had disbanded
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Blue Jay  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-throated Sparrow  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S63019807
Olmsted Park–Leverett Pond, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Dec 8, 2019 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Canada Goose  35
Wood Duck  12
Mallard  175
American Black Duck  3
Ring-necked Duck  1
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  5
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  2
American Robin  1
House Sparrow  5
Dark-eyed Junco  3
Song Sparrow  1
Baltimore Oriole  1    1st Y male, picking at a collection of leaves/nest  near Willow Pond
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S63019823

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Upcoming Field Trips

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This trip will focus on finding some of the unusual birds that nest at Pine Hill - Grasshopper Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, and Eastern Whip-poor-will. Easy walk over flat sandy roads. Rain cancels walk.

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