North Eastham brush dump, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 5, 2019 7:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, Ernie L, Paul C, 8 participants
Mourning Dove 12
Greater Yellowlegs 9
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Eastern Screech-Owl (Northern) 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 6
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 11
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Tufted Titmouse 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 8
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
House Wren (Northern) 2
European Starling X
Gray Catbird 7
American Robin 6
Cedar Waxwing 1
American Pipit 1
House Finch 10
American Goldfinch 23
Chipping Sparrow 110
Field Sparrow 8
White-crowned Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 50
Eastern Towhee 2
Common Grackle 500
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Magnolia Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 1
Beech Forest, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Mourning Dove 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 4
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 5
Tree Swallow 200
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Carolina Wren 1
Gray Catbird 4
American Robin 2
White-throated Sparrow 7
Eastern Towhee 3
Common Grackle 50
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Race Point Beach, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM
Common Eider (Dresser’s) 20
Surf Scoter 50
White-winged Scoter 60
Black Scoter 30
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Sanderling 2
phalarope sp. 2 very likely Red, gray backed shorebirds just appeared while following a jaeger chasing a tern, bird appeared to dodge the jaeger, then joined by second bird, birds circled area then disappeared-landed on water?-before waves blocked view
Parasitic Jaeger 10 to 12 individuals. Seemed like a lot of circling around, only three birds noted moving through area and south, rest seemed to circulate
Bonaparte’s Gull 20
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Roseate Tern 2
Common Tern 200
Common Loon 2
Leach’s Storm-Petrel 1 flew behind flock of eiders and scoters, significantly smaller than the ducks, brown bird with whitish rump, longish tail, long pointed wings for a storm-petrel was initially banking, turned and picked at surface, lost when wave blocked view, seen quickly after by other participant
Cory’s Shearwater 3
Northern Gannet 15
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Tree Swallow 10
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Semipalmated Plover 12
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 2
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Western Kingbird 1 continuing bird from 10/4, gray head and back, ashy gray throat/chin, light lemon yellow rest of underparts, blackish tail with white outer tail feathers
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Gray Catbird 1
House Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Common Grackle 3
Northern Cardinal 2
First Encounter Beach, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Black-bellied Plover 26
Dunlin 1
Northern Harrier 1
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 2
Herring Pond, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 5
Surf Scoter 23
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Fort Hill, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US. 5:30 PM – 5:45 PM
American Black Duck 3
Greater Yellowlegs 10
Laughing Gull 300
Double-crested Cormorant 300
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 15
Great Egret 29
Snowy Egret 21
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Northern Harrier 2
Carolina Wren 3
Additional species seen during the day:
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Black Duck 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
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