Horn Pond Recreation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 12, 2025 8:03 AM – 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.132 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Mbc walk
40 species
Canada Goose 13
Mute Swan 6
Mallard 36
Hooded Merganser 1
Mourning Dove 5
Killdeer 7
Wilson’s Snipe 1
Ring-billed Gull 4
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Osprey 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 23
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 10
House Sparrow 36
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 5
White-crowned Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 5
Lincoln’s Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 2
Nashville Warbler 1 Seen by Lorna
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Dickcissel 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279013390
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