Lost Pond Reservation, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

Apr 21, 2024 8:07 AM – 9:54 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.89 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk around Lost Pond Reservation, led by Ben Peters

30 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  6

Mallard  5

Great Blue Heron  3

Turkey Vulture  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  5

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

falcon sp.  1    annoyingly brief views as it flew over into the transfer station, nothing identifiable

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  12

Tree Swallow  3

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  3

American Robin  15

House Sparrow  4

Purple Finch  1    Female feeding in a tree along transfer station drive

American Goldfinch  5

Song Sparrow  12

Red-winged Blackbird  7

Common Grackle  1

Palm Warbler  5

Pine Warbler  4

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S169707136

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