Horn Pond Recreation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 8, 2026 8:11 AM – 10:14 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.132 mile(s)

36 species

Canada Goose  8

Mute Swan  4

Mallard  12

Ring-necked Duck  2

Bufflehead  2    Taking a nap.

Hooded Merganser  2

Mourning Dove  3

Killdeer  1

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Blue Heron  3

Turkey Vulture  7

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  4

Black-capped Chickadee  13

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  20

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

European Starling  3

Brown Thrasher  1    Continuing. Yellow eye, long tail by 2 bridges

American Robin  6

Cedar Waxwing  6

American Goldfinch  5

Fox Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco  2

White-throated Sparrow  7

Song Sparrow  6

Swamp Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  1    Female, continuing at 2 bridges

Red-winged Blackbird  9

Common Grackle  8

Northern Cardinal  7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S325097468

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