Hammond Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 14, 2016 8:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Hammond Pond Reservation – Leader: Sylvia Martin
34 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 16
Mallard 5
Great Blue Heron 3
Green Heron 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Warbling Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
swallow sp. 5
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Wood Thrush 3
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 5
Palm Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 5
American Goldfinch 1
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