Caratunk Wildlife Refuge, Bristol, Massachusetts, US

May 18, 2024 7:22 AM – 10:35 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.828 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Paskamansett Bird Club and Brookline Bird Club combined walk led by Carol Molander. Light rain/overcast. 53F. Calm.

55 species

Canada Goose  62

Wood Duck  1

Wild Turkey  4

Mourning Dove  1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Eastern Kingbird  2

Yellow-throated Vireo  3

Warbling Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  22

Purple Martin  32    Colony

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Brown Creeper  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

House Wren  3

Carolina Wren  5

Gray Catbird  12

Eastern Bluebird  2

Veery  2

Wood Thrush  3

American Robin  5

Cedar Waxwing  2

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  4

Eastern Towhee  3

Orchard Oriole  1    Immature male

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  2

Ovenbird  2

Northern Waterthrush  1

Blue-winged Warbler  5

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  4

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler  8

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  5

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1    Male

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175773812

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