Horn Pond Recreation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 3, 2024 7:35 AM – 10:31 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.06 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Mbc/bbc walk
47 species
Canada Goose 32
Mallard 6
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 10
Killdeer 1
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 2 flying over mountain together
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 5
Warbling Vireo 8
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 5
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 3
Tree Swallow 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 8
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
Eastern Bluebird 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 5
Cedar Waxwing 3
House Sparrow 8
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 3
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1 White throat, yellow above eye
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Baltimore Oriole 6
Red-winged Blackbird 9
Common Grackle 8
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S180200256
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Birding Sketch Crawl – Fall Series
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Plum Island
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Barretts Mill Farmland
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Hellcat at Parker River NWR
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