Bird AlbumUnited States · Massachusetts
Fresh Pond, Cambridge
234 species and 146,945 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–November, with up to 139 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis120 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 234 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mount Auburn Cemetery1 km228 species
- Arlington Reservoir6 km221 species
- Horn Pond Recreation Area10 km234 species
- Belle Isle Marsh Reservation13 km268 species
- Great Meadows NWR – Concord Unit18 km269 species
- Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary28 km242 species
All 234 species recorded here
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Fresh Pond, Cambridge?
May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 139 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Fresh Pond, Cambridge?
234 species, from 146,945 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Fresh Pond, Cambridge in November?
The most recorded in November: Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin and Blue Jay.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.