Collins Pond

Caribou’s Collins Pond is particularly productive in late summer and autumn. However, the outlet dam is awaiting repairs, and the pond is currently drained.

When full, hundreds of Canada geese flock to the safety of the pond when not foraging. Rare geese, including cackling, greater white-fronted and barnacle, make autumn appearances.The goose abundance encourages many other species of waterfowl and shorebirds, despite the popularity of the park’s walking trail. Hooded mergansers and ruddy ducks join the more common waterfowl, while short-billed dowitchers, solitary sandpipers, and greater and lesser yellowlegs number among the shorebirds.

Directions: A few miles south of Caribou, traffic splits off onto two parallel roadways along Routes 1 and 164. Take Route 164 to Collins Pond, turning left onto Roberts Street just before the center of town and proceeding to the Lions Club Park.