Cumberland Farms (IBA), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Oct 25, 2026 7:00 AM – 10:51 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.428 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club walk
Leader: Ray Bedard. Nick Paulson was the only attendee.
A chilly 30 degrees to start the walk with no wind to talk about.
Warmed up nicely to about 60 degrees with a slight breeze.
The harriers were everywhere you looked and a very light juvenile red tail kept us entertained with good discussions on plumage.
49 species
Canada Goose 6
American Black Duck 3
Mourning Dove 1
American Golden-Plover 1 Nick called this bird out as soon as it called. It most likely flushed with 3 Wilson’s Snipe. Called at least one more time. I could not make out the call on my merlin recording over Nick and I talking but the spectrogram matches ones I found online. Will upload merlin audio anyway
Wilson’s Snipe 4
Greater Yellowlegs 1
American Herring Gull 3
Double-crested Cormorant 280
Northern Harrier 8
Red-shouldered Hawk (Eastern) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern) 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 13
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 10
Common Raven 3
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 1
Tree Swallow 20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 4
Eastern Bluebird 7
American Robin 75
Cedar Waxwing 40
House Finch 10
Pine Siskin 3
American Goldfinch 30
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 30
Savannah Sparrow (Common) 2
Song Sparrow (Eastern) 26
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 18
Red-winged Blackbird (Common) 17
Rusty Blackbird 9 A solo bird, a pair and a group o 6
Common Yellowthroat (trichas Group) 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 11
Northern Cardinal (Eastern) 27
Dickcissel 1
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