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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