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Burrage Pond WMA, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
29-Apr-2023 07:04 – 10:55
Protocol: Traveling
4.618 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip leader Ray Bedard
Sunny turning cloudy in the low to mid 50’s
Unfortunately no Sandhill Cranes on this trip but a decent showing of warblers.
50 species
Canada Goose  14    3 goslings
Mute Swan  35
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  20
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  2
Killdeer  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  5
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  24
Great Egret  4
Glossy Ibis  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey (carolinensis)  3
Belted Kingfisher  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
American Kestrel  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  3
Tree Swallow  25
Barn Swallow (American)  2
Winter Wren  1
Carolina Wren  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Eastern Bluebird  2
American Robin  6
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6
Swamp Sparrow  15
Eastern Towhee  3
Orchard Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  100
Brown-headed Cowbird  7
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  25
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  5
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  12
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Northern Cardinal  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S135529196

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