Horn Pond Recreation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 2, 2025 7:53 AM – 10:46 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.703 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Wallk

40 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  9

Mute Swan  5    One juvenile – nearly all white with some browns and grays.

Wood Duck  7

Mallard  45

Mallard (Domestic type)  2

Long-tailed Duck  1    Swimming with Buffleheads in main pond. Thanks for the heads-up, Kavita!

Bufflehead  8

Ruddy Duck  7    Main pond

Mourning Dove  4

American Coot  27    Main pond along causeway

Ring-billed Gull  15

Pied-billed Grebe  1    Main pond near Coots

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Green Heron  1    Late. Still hanging in the garden pond.

Great Blue Heron  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  3    1 was flying with the Ravens, swooping and diving at each other.

Barred Owl  1    Pines. Thanks, Sam!

Belted Kingfisher  1    Garden Pond. Male.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  4

Blue Jay  9

American Crow  2

Common Raven  2    Flying and diving with a Red- tail.

Black-capped Chickadee  14

Tufted Titmouse  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  5

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  15

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  9

House Sparrow  50

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  7

finch sp.  3    Probable Purple Finches near Community Garden. Spotted by a couple group members who were not 100% sure on ID.

Field Sparrow  1    Community Garden..

White-throated Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  11

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Common Grackle  9

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S282924811