Sagamore Circle, Bourne, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 6, 2018
Protocol: Incidental
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, Susan H, 10 participants
1 species
Fish Crow 50 these birds just arriving from roost; apparently roost in on Martha’s Vineyard
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49404446
North Eastham brush dump, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 6, 2018 7:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, Susan H, 10 particpants
40 species (+2 other taxa)
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 30
Lesser Yellowlegs 15
shorebird sp. 10
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 8
Empidonax sp. 1 compact gray, smallish flycatcher, too far and too brief to see any other aspects; likely a Least
Blue Jay 19
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
Eastern Bluebird 6
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 5
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 9
House Finch 4
Purple Finch (Eastern) 6
American Goldfinch 50
Chipping Sparrow 30
Field Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2
White-crowned Sparrow 1 imm
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 18
Eastern Towhee 9
Baltimore Oriole 3
Cape May Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 4
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49404449
First Encounter Beach, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 6, 2018 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, Susan H, 10 participants
16 species (+1 other taxa)
Brant (Atlantic) 3
American Black Duck 34
Green-winged Teal (American) 2
Common Eider (Dresser’s) 22
White-winged Scoter (North American) 75
scoter sp. 50
Black-bellied Plover 3
Semipalmated Plover 41
Sanderling 5
Dunlin 31
Semipalmated Sandpiper 7
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Laughing Gull 2
Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana) 4
Red-throated Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 8
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49404451
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Herring Pond, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 6, 2018 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, Susan H, 10 participants
2 species
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49404452
High Head, Pilgrim Heights, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 6, 2018 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, Susan H, 10 participants
3 species
Western Kingbird 2 it’s been 45 years since I saw multiple WEKI in MA! Olive-gray upper parts, dark eye, dark patch thru eye, dark large based bill, ashy gray throat, yellow lower breast, belly, and vent, blackish tail with white outer tail feathers, kingbird shape, flying from perch to perch catching insects
Tree Swallow 300
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49404453
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Beech Forest, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 6, 2018 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, Susan H, 10 participants
18 species
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Merlin 1
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 12
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
Purple Finch (Eastern) 1
Common Grackle 40
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49404462
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Race Point Beach, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 6, 2018 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, Susan H, 10 particpants
10 species
Common Eider (Dresser’s) 20
White-winged Scoter (North American) 7
Parasitic Jaeger 3
Laughing Gull 25
Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana) 200
Cory’s Shearwater 6
Northern Gannet 8
Double-crested Cormorant 35
Peregrine Falcon 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49404465
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Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 6, 2018 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, Susan H, 10 participants
25 species
Wild Turkey 3
Mourning Dove 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Merlin (Taiga) 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 7
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 3
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 2
Common Grackle 2
Northern Cardinal 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49404467
Fort Hill, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 6, 2018 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, Susan H, 10 participants
27 species (+2 other taxa)
Mallard 7
American Black Duck 50
Common Eider (Dresser’s) 50
Surf Scoter 15
White-winged Scoter (North American) 6
scoter sp. 100
Black-bellied Plover 2
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Long-billed Dowitcher 1 dumpy look, hump backed, “V” notch between back and neck, longer billed look than usual Short-billed, three others left un=IDd, but those looked brown backed in flight, but too far away
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 3
Greater Yellowlegs 30
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana) 50
Northern Gannet 6
Double-crested Cormorant 1500
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 27
Great Egret 20
Snowy Egret 5
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
American Crow 8
Tree Swallow 30
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Towhee 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49404468
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