Great Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Jun 6, 2026 7:32 AM – 9:48 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.678 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Combined walk with Brookline and Nasketucket Bird Clubs led by Carol Molander. We walked the forested Widow’s Cove Loop leading to the beach, Chase’s Way which has a fresh water pond and meadow, forested Heron Point Loop Trail and back to the main parking lot on the main driveway. We had views of The Widow’s Cove into Buzzard’s Bay, Bass Creek and Bass Cove and its salt marsh.
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Broken clouds – overcast clouds
Temperature: 67 – 74°F
Wind: Light breeze – moderate breeze
Wind Direction: W – SW
Cloud Cover: 69 – 100%
Humidity: 71 – 78%
Sunrise: 5:08am
Sunset: 8:14pm
Weather generated by <a href=”https://raincrow.app/”>RainCrow</a>
43 species
Canada Goose 22 8 goslings
Mallard 1
Common Eider 1
Wild Turkey 7
Willet 3
American Herring Gull 10
Least Tern 2
Common Tern 6
Common Loon 2 Together
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Egret 1
Great Blue Heron 12 Minimum
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 12 6 nests, 5 platforms and one natural nest
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Heard by the exit
Eastern Phoebe 5
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 5
Tree Swallow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Northern House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 7
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 2
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 5
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Ovenbird 11
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Yellow Warbler 3
Pine Warbler 4
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S354243617
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