Fresh Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 16, 2021 6:45 AM – 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club  bird walk Fresh Pond, Cambridge
27 species
Canada Goose  17
American Black Duck  2
Ring-necked Duck  21
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7
Mourning Dove  2
Herring Gull  11
American Bittern  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Belted Kingfisher  2
Downy Woodpecker  5
Northern Flicker  5
Blue Jay  16
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  9
White-breasted Nuthatch  4
Carolina Wren  3
European Starling  11
American Robin  27
House Sparrow  6
American Goldfinch  7
White-throated Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  7
Common Grackle  9
Common Yellowthroat  1    stunned after window strike, flew off after 15 minutes motionless but upright
Pine Warbler  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler  6
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S96307479

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

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