Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

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

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