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Caratunk Wildlife Refuge (ASRI), Bristol, Massachusetts, US

May 16, 2026 7:33 AM – 10:33 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.387 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Paskamansett Bird Club and Brookline Bird Club walk. Led by Carol Molander.Cloud Cover: 0%

59 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  12    5 goslings

Mallard  3

duck sp.  4    Most likely Wood Ducks

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

American Herring Gull  3

Green Heron  1    Possibly two

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  5

Eastern Kingbird  1

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  8

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Fish Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  40    Conservative estimate

Purple Martin  40    Colony nesting in Gourds. Conservative estimate

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Brown Creeper  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  6

Northern House Wren  8

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  8

Gray Catbird  14

Eastern Bluebird  2

Veery  1

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  4

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  1

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  9

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  2

Ovenbird  5

Blue-winged Warbler  5

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  8

American Redstart  1

Northern Parula  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  12

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  3

Scarlet Tanager  2    Great looks by the power lines

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S341278224

Gammino Pond Preserve, Bristol, Massachusetts, US

May 16, 2026 11:10 AM – 12:06 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.791 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Paskamansett Bird Club and Brookline Bird Club walk led by Carol Molander.

20 species

Canada Goose  4

Mute Swan  2

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  6

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  6

Gray Catbird  7

American Robin  4

Baltimore Oriole  6

Common Grackle  4

Ovenbird  1

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S341278209

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

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Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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