Horn Pond Recreation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 4, 2018 7:58 AM – 10:28 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.15 mile(s)
41 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 7
Mute Swan 7
Wood Duck 1
Northern Shoveler 1
Mallard 10
Mallard (Domestic type) 1
American Black Duck 3
Bufflehead 6
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 7
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
American Coot 2
Killdeer 2 Seen mating.
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
American Robin 14
European Starling 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 17
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 7
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 33
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 15
House Sparrow 11
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44868147
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