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Birds 
of Upper 
Reservoir 
Pomd 
A "Kicker" ( Porzana .jariaicensi s?).» £^rA' 3 which 
crowed regularly for several evenings in 1890 near the out¬ 
let or rather inlet of the brook, completes the list of 
marsh and water birds known to breed here. But in addition 
Wood and Black Ducks and Herons of several species visit the 
pond in considerable numbers in autumn and early spring. 
Red-winged Blackbirds nest all over the pond among 
the button bushes in remarkable numbers and there are plenty 
of Swamp and Song Sparrows and Maryland Yellow-throats, 
especially about the shores and up along the brook. 
Thus it will seem that with,the exception of the 
Grebes, the fauna of this pond corresponds closely with that 
of the Fresh Pond swamps. The latter, however, possess three 
breeding species not found here, viz; Wood Ducks and the 
two species of Marsh Wrens. 
This reservoir pond is said to contain great numbers 
of fish, among which are pickerel, pouts, perch, bream, 
white perch and alewives. The alewives run up from the sea 
to spawn as do also, probably, the white perch. Eels of 
enormous size inhabit the pond. Both eela and fish 
perished by tens of thousands last winter and were blown 
up on shore in windrows when the ice went out in the spring, 
attracting hordes of Crows. It is supposed that this mor¬ 
tality was caused by the pond freezing to the bottom over 
its shallower portions. 
