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Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
02-Sep-2023 06:00 – 11:30
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 13 participants, including birds 6:00 to 7:00
52 species
Canada Goose  7
Mallard  11
Green-winged Teal (American)  2
Wild Turkey  17
Mourning Dove  9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  3
Turkey Vulture  4    one bird seen eating a dead snake likely killed when field was cut for hay
Osprey (carolinensis)  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1    ad
Broad-winged Hawk  1    imm
Red-tailed Hawk  6    2 begging young
Eastern Screech-Owl  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  5
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Eastern Phoebe  7
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  13
Tufted Titmouse  2
Purple Martin  1    imm
Tree Swallow  125
Barn Swallow (American)  4
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  9
European Starling  X
Gray Catbird  33
Northern Mockingbird  5
American Robin  29
Cedar Waxwing  7
House Sparrow  X
House Finch  4
American Goldfinch  7
Song Sparrow  22
Eastern Towhee  1
Bobolink  2
Baltimore Oriole  2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4
Common Grackle  6
Common Yellowthroat  3
Cape May Warbler  1    bright yellow throat to lower chest, white belly and vent, dark streaking along sides and on lower chest, wing bars on dark wing, face yellowish border behind dark mask; likely first year male
Wilson’s Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S148964909

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