Horn Pond Recreation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 9, 2018 7:59 AM – 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.69 mile(s)
Comments: BBC / MBC walk. temps from 29 to 32 and very windy sunny day
26 species
Canada Goose 9
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 7
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 4 Perched on the rocks in the Quarry
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Killdeer 2
Ring-billed Gull 17
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 6
Northern Mockingbird 4
Field Sparrow 1 Singing
Dark-eyed Junco 9
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Common Grackle 5
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44911599
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