Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 27, 2018 5:45 AM – 6:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
4 species
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 continuing adult, calling and compared to local Red-bellies higher pitch and shorter. Seen later in morning in better light/background and in flight
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46092962
Plymouth Beach, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 27, 2018 6:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC/SSBC/FMSSF/PasamasketBC trip 10 participants
36 species
Mallard (Northern) 12
Common Eider (Dresser’s) 1
Double-crested Cormorant 75
Osprey (carolinensis) 2
Black-bellied Plover 40
Semipalmated Plover 30
Piping Plover 12
Ruddy Turnstone 7
Sanderling 15
Dunlin 2
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 250
Willet (Eastern) 12
Bonaparte’s Gull 25 no adults
Laughing Gull 250
Ring-billed Gull 175 all first and second year birds; one bird close to adult 3rd yr?
Herring Gull (American) X
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 ad or 4th year (brown area on bird seen in field, but image(s) do not show this
Great Black-backed Gull X
Least Tern 150
Common Tern (hirundo) 10
Black Skimmer 2 adult, one larger than other – male?
Mourning Dove 3
American Crow 4
Horned Lark 2
Tree Swallow 3
Bank Swallow 8
Barn Swallow (American) 20
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 1
Song Sparrow 11
Common Grackle 21
House Finch 7
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46092965
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