Hammond Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 18, 2019 7:30 AM – 10:05 AM
Comments:    A lovely morning with no big surprises compared to previous years, except the lack of Great Crested Flycatcher.
35 species
Canada Goose  4
American Black Duck  1
Mourning Dove  2
Semipalmated Sandpiper  2
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Warbling Vireo  7
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  1
Tree Swallow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Veery  1
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  8
Gray Catbird  3
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  3
Song Sparrow  2
Baltimore Oriole  5
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Grackle  5
Black-and-white Warbler  2
American Redstart  4    A location record; different birds based on distance and location
Northern Parula  3
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Scarlet Tanager  3    Two seen together before the train tracks, and one on the other side (Houghton Garden) of the tracks
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56560130

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Upcoming Field Trips

  • Quabbin Reservoir

    Join Glenn on a 5-to-6-mile walk through a very birdy area with species ranging from Broad-winged Hawk to Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Blue-headed Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, and lots of stuff in between. (Maybe a moose or a bobcat!) Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird Club.

  • Bring Back Boblinks: Bobolinks at Heard Farm, Wayland (New!)

    New addition to our Bring Back Bobolinks conservation series. This gem works its way into the rotations of many birders once discovered. It is managed for dog walking (no dogs on this walk please) and bobolinks, which in a good year can number 100 or more. We will be using dirt trails and boardwalks. Trails

  • Bring Back Bobolinks: Codman Estate Farm (Was Drumlin Farm) (New!)

    This walk was planned for Drumlin Farm but more Bobolinks can be seen at this nearby location so we've moved the walk to Codman Farms. Adding to our Bobolink conservation series. Join Ilija to observe and appreciate Bobolinks in breeding habitat! Bobolinks are migratory grassland birds found across Massachusetts. The Bobolink is listed as a

  • Fruitlands Museum, Harvard

    Cosponsored with Boxborough Birders. All the nesting birds will still be around, with good views of young out of the nest being fed by parents: Veery, Indigo Bunting, Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Bobolink, Wood Thrush, Baltimore Oriole, and Warblers. Expect to walk about 2 miles on trails through meadow and woods with some steep

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