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Cumberland Farms (IBA), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Oct 26, 2025 7:00 AM – 11:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.603 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk. Ray Bedard leading with 8 attendees. Thank you to everyone who showed up!

Temp was 36 with clear skies and no wind to start with a light ground fog blanketing the fields. Temp rose to 56 by the end of the walk with a slight breeze and beautiful sunny skies!

Excellent numbers of Savanna Sparrows moving around and a surprise of 4 Sandhill Cranes flying over. This is the second time I have had sandhills on this walk.

48 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  4

Mourning Dove  21

Sandhill Crane  4    Very vocal group flying with outstretched necks. I will upload one bad photo. Others, I’m sure, got better shots.

American Herring Gull  11

Double-crested Cormorant  185    Three different flocks

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Northern Harrier  8

Red-tailed Hawk  1    Not a full borealis subspecies. Maybe crossed with aboeticola. Juvenile bird with fineley banded tail, complete dark belly band and heavy streaking on chest. Hopefully someone got some photos

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  5

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  6

Blue Jay  21

American Crow  4

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  7

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

Golden-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5

Carolina Wren (Northern)  6

European Starling  14

Gray Catbird  1

Northern Mockingbird  4

American Robin  6

House Sparrow  15

House Finch  1

Purple Finch (Eastern)  2

American Goldfinch  31

Clay-colored Sparrow  1    There was some debate about this juvenile bird. I originally had it as spizella sp. The pale lores and black line bordering the cheek patch and lack of a black eye line pointed to Clay-colored over Chipping. Glen D’entremont confirmed this ID via photos I emailed him.

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1

White-crowned Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  6

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  75    Minimum count

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  11

Lincoln’s Sparrow  2

Swamp Sparrow  11

Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)  26    Multiple groups counted by ones

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  230

Rusty Blackbird  8

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  12

Common Yellowthroat  1

Palm Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  8

Northern Cardinal (Common)  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S282924780

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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