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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ANNUAL REPORT 2009

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2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total [...]

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ANNUAL REPORT 2005

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