Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Aug 30, 2025 6:45 AM – 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.4 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC/SSBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 12 participants
45 species (+2 other taxa)
Mallard 5
Wild Turkey 5
Mourning Dove 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Glossy Ibis 10
Green Heron 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey (American) 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher) 1 likely Willow which nests here, no noticeable eye ring, brownish head and back
Eastern Phoebe 11
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 2 one still singing
Red-eyed Vireo 1 still singing
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 13
Tufted Titmouse 7
Tree Swallow 750
Barn Swallow (American) 4
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 5
Carolina Wren 10
European Starling X
Gray Catbird 58
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 5
American Robin 17
Cedar Waxwing 35
House Sparrow X
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 10
Song Sparrow 28
Swamp Sparrow 1
Bobolink 6
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Cardinal 9
Dickcissel 1 flyover
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S270937825
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