Crane WMA, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
May 27, 2017 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Falmouth and Mashpee – Leader: Bob Petersen – 60 degrees, calm, overcast, occasional sun. We started at Crane WMA but then went to South Cape Beach in Mashpee
57 species
Canada Goose 1
Mallard 7
Common Eider 5
Black Scoter 1
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Wild Turkey 1
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Great Egret 3
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 11
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Oystercatcher 1
Piping Plover 4
Killdeer 5
Willet 11
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Least Tern 6
Common Tern 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue Jay 14
American Crow 9
Fish Crow 1
Horned Lark 2
Tree Swallow 25
Barn Swallow 15
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Eastern Bluebird 4
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 1
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 11
Yellow Warbler 5
Prairie Warbler 1
Grasshopper Sparrow 6 Restored grassland at Crane WMA is bringing this species back, there were many seen and heard.
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 7
Eastern Towhee 5
Blue Grosbeak 2 There was a male and female pair at Crane WMA. This species has been seen here for several years.
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Eastern Meadowlark 4
Common Grackle 7
Baltimore Oriole 3
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 2
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37692011
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