Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Aug 31, 2024 6:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/SSBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 8 participants

45 species

Canada Goose  29

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  11

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Green Heron  1

Great Egret  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (carolinensis)  2

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Eastern Screech-Owl  2

Belted Kingfisher  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  6

Common Raven  3

Black-capped Chickadee  12

Tufted Titmouse  8

Tree Swallow  1500

Barn Swallow (American)  7

White-breasted Nuthatch  5

House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  10

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  28

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  12

House Sparrow  X

House Finch  5

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow  17

Swamp Sparrow  1

Bobolink  15

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  6

Common Yellowthroat  3

Northern Cardinal  10

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S194406139

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Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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