Fresh Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 18, 2020 7:05 AM – 8:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club bird walk
30 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  8
Mallard  5
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)  2
Ring-necked Duck  52
Hooded Merganser  1
Common Merganser  3    Two males and one female were clearly visualized well offshore in the northern part of Fresh Pond, with characteristic features and behavior.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  25
Ring-billed Gull  6
Herring Gull  6
gull sp.  6
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker  7
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1    characteristic “pee-o-wee” whistle heard
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  9
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  5
American Robin  18
House Sparrow  2
American Goldfinch  18
White-throated Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  5
Common Grackle  4
Common Yellowthroat  2
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  6    group of six birds, clearly seen from multiple angles.
Yellow-rumped Warbler  4
Northern Cardinal  10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S75029312

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

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