Biodiversity Days 2004 at Fresh Pond Reservation

Birds at Fresh Pond Reservation

Walks were led by Nancy Guppy, Elizabeth Wylde and Lance Drane. The June 5 walk was attended by two other people, the June 8 walk by thirteen other people.

The June 5 walk (from 7:00 to 9:00 am) covered areas along the road all of the way around the Pond including the upper path along Huron Avenue hillside, and the lower path around Kingsley Park.

The June 8 walk (from 6:00 to 8:00 pm) covered the area along the road between the upper parking lot of Neville Place and the south end of Little Fresh Pond, the entire length of Beech path, and the area in back of Neville Place.

Species	June 5, 2004	June 8, 2004
1. Common Loon	1	-
2. Pied-billed Grebe	1	-
3. Double-crested Cormorant	1	-
4. Green Heron	2	1
5. Canada Goose	13	8
6. Mallard	4	1
7. Red-tailed Hawk	1	2
8. Wild Turkey	1	-
9. Killdeer	1	-
10. Ring-billed Gull	12	15
11. Herring Gull	2	1
12. Great Black-backed Gull	1	1
13. Rock Dove	7	3
14. Mourning Dove	6	7
15. Chimney Swift	6	1
16. Downy Woodpecker	1	1
17. Northern Flicker	2	1
18. Eastern Kingbird	4	3
19. Warbling Vireo	12	5
20. Red-eyed Vireo	4	1
21. Blue Jay	-	2
22. American Crow	1	-
23. Tree Swallow	12	6
24. Black-capped Chickadee	4	-
25. Tufted Titmouse	1	-
26. White-breasted Nuthatch	1	-
27. American Robin	25	15
28. Gray Catbird	10	4
29. Northern Mockingbird	3	-
30. European Starling	50	8
31. Cedar Waxwing	4	2
32. Yellow Warbler	20	6
33. Common Yellowthroat	2	-
34. Song Sparrow	30	4
35. Northern Cardinal	1	1
36. Red-winged Blackbird	2	3
37. Common Grackle	50	24
38. Baltimore Oriole	9	8
39. House Finch	5	1
40. American Goldfinch	75	3
41. House Sparrow	20	5
Total species	40	30