Scituate, North, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Feb 10, 2019 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.3 mile(s)
Comments:     SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’E leader, Ernie L, Russ ?, 12 participants
22 species

Canada Goose  175
Mute Swan  2
Mallard  25
American Black Duck  55
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  50
Harlequin Duck  11
Surf Scoter  8
White-winged Scoter (North American)  1
Black Scoter  25
Bufflehead  7
Common Goldeneye  10
Red-breasted Merganser  7
Red-necked Grebe  4
Purple Sandpiper  50
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Iceland Gull (kumlieni)  1     ad
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Common Loon  2
Great Cormorant (North Atlantic)  6
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  1
Northern Mockingbird  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55377476


Burrage Pond WMA–Hanson, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Feb 10, 2019 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
Comments:     SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’E leader, Ernie L, Russ ?, 12 participants
8 species

Mute Swan  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Common Raven  2
Black-capped Chickadee  1
American Robin  1
Purple Finch (Eastern)  13
Common Redpoll  4
American Goldfinch  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55377478


Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Feb 10, 2019
Protocol: Historical
Comments:     SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’E leader, Ernie L, Russ ?, 12 participants
2 species

Common Merganser (North American)  2
Cooper’s Hawk  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55377464


Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Feb 10, 2019
Protocol: Incidental
Comments:     SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’E leader, Ernie L, Russ ?, 10 participants
1 species

Eastern Bluebird  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55377468


Myles Standish SF, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Feb 10, 2019
Protocol: Historical
Comments:     SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’E leader, Ernie L, Russ ?, 10 participants
1 species

Red-breasted Nuthatch  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55377471


Marshfield, North, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Feb 10, 2019 7:45 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments:     SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’E leader, Ernie L, Russ ?, 12 participants
27 species

Canada Goose  26
Mallard  11
Bufflehead  2
Common Goldeneye  4
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  1
Red-throated Loon  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Blue Jay  16
American Crow  8
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  12
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4
American Robin  4
European Starling  X
American Goldfinch  2
Fox Sparrow (Red)  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  3
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55377473


Forge Pond, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Feb 10, 2019 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’E leader, Ernie L, Russ ?, 10 participants
6 species

Gadwall  20
American Wigeon  150
Mallard  20
Ring-necked Duck  75
Lesser Scaup  2
Bufflehead  25

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55377480

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