Fresh Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 13, 2021 6:30 AM – 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC- Fresh Pond Reservation Cambridge- Thomas Michel- Lusitania Field to Black’s Nook and back, then a quick drive to Cambridge Water Facility to see GHOW nest
31 species
Canada Goose  17
Mallard  5
Hooded Merganser  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  4
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  5
Osprey  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Great Horned Owl  2    nesting site near Cambridge Water Treatment Facility, ongoing
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  8
Northern Flicker  2
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  3
Tree Swallow  14
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  5
European Starling  5
American Robin  19
House Sparrow  6
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  7
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  11
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Common Grackle  8
Pine Warbler  4
Northern Cardinal  8
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S85468114

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