Fresh Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 26, 2017 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Lead trip for Brookline Bird Club
27 species
Canada Goose 1
Mallard 5
Ring-necked Duck 36
Hooded Merganser 5
Ruddy Duck 16
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 2
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 15
Black-capped Chickadee 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 7
Northern Mockingbird 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
White-throated Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 1
Common Grackle 3
American Goldfinch 12
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40949851
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