Cumberland Farms (IBA), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Jan 18, 2025 7:01 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.131 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Cumberland Farms Walk.
Trip leader Ray Bedard joined by 6 others.
About 25 degrees to start and warmed to the low thirties with the wind picking up towards the end of the walk.
24 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 70
duck sp. 2
Mourning Dove 1
American Herring Gull 7
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Northern Harrier 7
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 11 Common numbers tor this location. Several in one tree
American Kestrel 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 4
Common Raven 17 Common numbers for time of year and location
Carolina Wren (Northern) 2
European Starling 35
Eastern Bluebird 14
American Robin 35
Purple Finch 2
American Goldfinch 6
American Tree Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 2
Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern) 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 21
Northern Cardinal 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S210024956
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