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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