Bird AlbumUnited States · Massachusetts
Horn Pond Recreation Area
234 species and 417,041 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 163 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
American CootFulica americana
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Arlington Reservoir5 km221 species
- Fresh Pond, Cambridge10 km234 species
- Mount Auburn Cemetery11 km228 species
- Great Meadows NWR – Concord Unit14 km269 species
- Belle Isle Marsh Reservation16 km268 species
- Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary26 km242 species
All 234 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Horn Pond Recreation Area?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 163 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Horn Pond Recreation Area?
234 species, from 417,041 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Horn Pond Recreation Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay, Canada Goose and Hooded Merganser.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.