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
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