Falmouth – general area, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
May 28, 2016 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Falmouth and Mashpee – Leader: Bob Petersen – included Crane WMA, Mass Audubon Ashumet Holly Sanctuary, both in Falmouth, and South Cape Beach in Mashpee
37 species
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 1
Common Loon 1
Green Heron 1
Osprey 4
American Oystercatcher 1
Piping Plover 3
Killdeer 2
Willet 3
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Least Tern 1
Mourning Dove 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Horned Lark 2
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 10
Yellow Warbler 1
Grasshopper Sparrow 5
Saltmarsh Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 10
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 6
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Finch 1
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
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