Forest Beach and Conservation Lands, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Aug 5, 2026 7:41 AM – 10:04 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.09 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: This was a walk of the Cape Cod Bird Club co-sponsored with the Brookline Bird Club. It was a clear, sunny, warm morning with a light breeze. This mixed habitat location (marsh, scrub, estuary, ocean beach) provides a year-round home for some birds and a stopover for many migrating birds. This was certainly evidenced during the walk.
44 species
Common Eider 1
White-winged Scoter 1
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Mourning Dove 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
American Oystercatcher 7
Semipalmated Plover 7
Piping Plover 5
Hudsonian Whimbrel 5
Marbled Godwit 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 11
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Willet 30
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Ruddy Turnstone 10
Sanderling 7
Least Sandpiper 7
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 9
American Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 8
Forster’s Tern 3
Common Tern 18
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Glossy Ibis 11 Clear view of bill and body. Seen multiple times
Snowy Egret 7
Green Heron 1
Great Egret 12
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 9
Northern Harrier 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 18
Barn Swallow 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern Mockingbird 5
House Sparrow 19
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 8
Saltmarsh Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 4
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