Wompatuck SP (Plymouth Co.), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2026 5:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

5.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants

39 species

Canada Goose  11

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  2

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  6

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Phoebe  5

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  5

Fish Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  19

Tufted Titmouse  13

Tree Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  8

Red-breasted Nuthatch  4

Brown Creeper  6

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

Winter Wren  1

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  5

House Finch  2

Purple Finch (Eastern)  1

American Goldfinch  14

Chipping Sparrow  16

White-throated Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  8

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  7

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  10

Northern Waterthrush  2

Black-and-white Warbler  3

Pine Warbler  9

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  6

Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332127152

Foothills Preserve, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2026 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants

33 species

Canada Goose  1

Mallard  1

King Rail  1    large, rusty colored rail, back feather black center with pale tan/buff fringing

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Little Blue Heron  1    Bird had two noticeable plumes off back of head/top of neck, bill did not show noticeable two tone color (blackish tip), the chin was white with a little on the top of neck, head showed no purple or blue with reddish tone, legs and feet not seen.  Current ebird images do not show the individual seen-there are two showing this color plumage per reports.  Online images do not show LB w/plumes or white chin.

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey (American)  2

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  2

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  15

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3

Barn Swallow (American)  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  1

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  1

Field Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  15

Common Grackle  5

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332127167

Plymouth Airport, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2026 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants

8 species

Mourning Dove  2

Killdeer  1

American Kestrel  4

American Crow  1

European Starling  X

Eastern Bluebird  5

House Sparrow  X

Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332127183

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

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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Upcoming Field Trips

  • Bring Back Boblinks: Bobolinks at Daniel Webster, Marshfield

    Marshfield - Daniel Webster MAS Wildlife Sanctuary 169 Winslow Cemetery Rd, Marshfield, MA, United States

    Part of our Bring Back Boblinks conservation series. Walk among open fields where we are likely to see and hear bobolinks, Our early start increases the likelihood that we will hear the bobolinks’ burbling morning song. Be prepared for muddy trails, depending on recent rainfall. Trails are mostly flat.

  • Bring Back Bobolinks: Norfolk Airport (New!)

    Norfolk - Norfolk Airport - River Rd entrance west from 60 River Rd, Norfolk, MA, United States

    Adding to our Bobolink conservation series. Observe and appreciate Bobolinks in breeding habitat! Bobolinks are nesting throughout the airport. We will walk the runways less than 2 miles walking total.  This area is all grasslands, around 400 acres.

  • Belle Isle Marsh Reservation – Winthrop Side

    Winthrop - Belle Isle March and Marine Ecology Park Banks Street, Winthrop, MA, United States

    Joint with Mass Audubon BNC. Join us to observe resident birds and spring migrants in a unique urban habitat that is a favorite for many bird species, including uncommon and rare flycatchers, swallows & warblers. Birders of all levels will enjoy this walk. The trails are generally flat and easy to walk. A water bottle,

  • Bring Back Bobolinks: Bobolink Walk at Appleton Farms Ipswich with the Grasslands Survey Team (New!)

    Ipswich - Appleton Farms paid parking, free for TTOR members 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA, United States

    New addition to our Bring Back Bobolinks conservation series. Rani date July 2 - check with leader in case of rain. Join new BBC members and Trustees Grassland Birds Monitoring Project volunteers Andy and Tina Haubert on their regular survey at this well known location for breeding and nesting Bobolinks.  We’ll observe field marks, song,

  • Quabbin Reservoir

    Quabbin Reservoir - Gate 10 235 Daniel Shays Hwy, Pelham, MA, United States

    Join Glenn on a 5-to-6-mile walk through a very birdy area with species ranging from Broad-winged Hawk to Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Blue-headed Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, and lots of stuff in between. (Maybe a moose or a bobcat!) Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird Club.

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