Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Aug 31, 2024 6:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/SSBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 8 participants

45 species

Canada Goose  29

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  11

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Green Heron  1

Great Egret  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (carolinensis)  2

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Eastern Screech-Owl  2

Belted Kingfisher  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  6

Common Raven  3

Black-capped Chickadee  12

Tufted Titmouse  8

Tree Swallow  1500

Barn Swallow (American)  7

White-breasted Nuthatch  5

House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  10

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  28

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  12

House Sparrow  X

House Finch  5

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow  17

Swamp Sparrow  1

Bobolink  15

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  6

Common Yellowthroat  3

Northern Cardinal  10

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S194406139

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