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Lake Quannapowitt, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 1, 2026 8:02 AM – 9:24 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.365 mile(s)

24 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  11

Hooded Merganser  1

Mourning Dove  5

Ring-billed Gull  8

American Herring Gull  50

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Sharp-shinned/Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  3

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  2

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  50

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  23

House Sparrow  7

House Finch  6

American Goldfinch  4

Dark-eyed Junco  10

Song Sparrow  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S408379110

Crystal Lake, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 1, 2026 9:31 AM – 10:43 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.268 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip led by Dave Williams.

22 species

Canada Goose  21

Mute Swan  4

Wood Duck  11

Mallard  6

Redhead  1    Non-breeding male. Yellow eye. Black nail on the bill. Darker back feathers. Bigger than the adjacent RNDU. Seen from 42.48934° N, 71.07389° W. Video to be added.

Ring-necked Duck  105

Lesser Scaup  2

Common Gallinule  1    An eagle-eyed online observer noticed this bird within video footage shared. Immature associating with an American Coot, making this the second rarity for the lake! First Wakefield record since 1994. Video included.

American Coot  2

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Pied-billed Grebe  4

Great Blue Heron  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

Red-breasted Nuthatch  2

Carolina Wren  1

American Robin  2

Dark-eyed Junco  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S408379115

Lynnfield Marsh–Audubon Rd. and Edgewater, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 1, 2026 11:10 AM – 11:38 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.383 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Walk led by Dave Williams.

8 species

Canada Goose  3

Mute Swan  2

Northern Shoveler  1

Mallard  5

American Black Duck  4

Green-winged Teal  1

American Coot  5

Pied-billed Grebe  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S408379121

Suntaug Lake, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 1, 2026 11:50 AM – 12:40 PM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

20 species

Canada Goose  37

Mute Swan  8

Mallard  2

Green-winged Teal  6

Ring-necked Duck  14

Bufflehead  3

Hooded Merganser  3

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  3

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  7

Tufted Titmouse  1

Golden-crowned Kinglet  6

European Starling  15

American Robin  11

Dark-eyed Junco  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S408379127

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