Fresh Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 18, 2020 7:05 AM – 8:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club bird walk

30 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  8

Mallard  5

Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)  2

Ring-necked Duck  52

Hooded Merganser  1

Common Merganser  3    Two males and one female were clearly visualized well offshore in the northern part of Fresh Pond, with characteristic features and behavior.

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  25

Ring-billed Gull  6

Herring Gull  6

gull sp.  6

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  7

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1    characteristic “pee-o-wee” whistle heard

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  9

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  8

Tufted Titmouse  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  5

American Robin  18

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  18

White-throated Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow  5

Common Grackle  4

Common Yellowthroat  2

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Pine Warbler  6    group of six birds, clearly seen from multiple angles.

Yellow-rumped Warbler  4

Northern Cardinal  10

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S75029312