Fresh Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 12, 2022 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM
Checklist Comments:    BBC Bird Walk Fresh Pond April 12, 2022
33 species
Canada Goose  7
Mallard  1
Common Merganser  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  4
Killdeer  1
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  5
Common Loon  1    clearly seen by multiple observers, with characteristic dagger bill and unmistakable profile, swimming ~100 yards away from shore by the water treatment plant.
Great Blue Heron  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  5
Northern Flicker  4
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  11
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
European Starling  11
Northern Mockingbird  3
American Robin  53
House Sparrow  5
House Finch  7
American Goldfinch  4
Dark-eyed Junco  3
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  13
Red-winged Blackbird  7
Common Grackle  13
Pine Warbler  3
Northern Cardinal  5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S106889769

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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