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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

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

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