Squantum (please use more refined location), Norfolk, Massachusetts, US
21-Aug-2022 06:00 – 09:00
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, David T Brown memorial, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 8 participants, then 4 (7:30)
40 species
Mallard  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Semipalmated Plover  2
Least Sandpiper  5
White-rumped Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  800    group kept alert with Cooper’s hanging around.  Likely more, but difficult to get complete count.  Several birds put down out of sight behind grass
Short-billed Dowitcher  1
Greater Yellowlegs  26
Lesser Yellowlegs  5
Laughing Gull  2    juv
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Double-crested Cormorant  17
Great Egret  14
Snowy Egret  1
Osprey (carolinensis)  10    actual count and could be as many as 12, several times seeing birds carrying fish flying SE-Weymouth?
Cooper’s Hawk  1    imm, female (?), white chin, large(r) size
Red-shouldered Hawk  1    imm
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Eastern Phoebe  9
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  4
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Barn Swallow (American)  6
House Wren  3
European Starling  X
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  6
Cedar Waxwing  3
House Sparrow  X
American Goldfinch  3
Song Sparrow  12
Common Grackle  4
Common Yellowthroat  1
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S117473216

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Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

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