Plymouth Beach, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Jul 18, 2021 6:00 AM – 6:15 AM
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, beach part weathered out, went to MSSF and Plymouth Airport instead
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Laughing Gull  10
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Least Tern  5
Willow Flycatcher  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S92062122
Myles Standish SF, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Jul 18, 2021 6:45 AM – 8:15 AM
Wild Turkey  11    10 young, kept flushing, looked like gray grouse (that size), then adult female took off after them
Mourning Dove  3
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  22
Red-breasted Nuthatch  6
House Wren  1
Gray Catbird  4
Hermit Thrush  4
American Robin  9
American Goldfinch  3
Chipping Sparrow  12
Field Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  31
Common Grackle  150
Ovenbird  4
Common Yellowthroat  7
Pine Warbler  16
Prairie Warbler  4
Indigo Bunting  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S92062128
Plymouth Airport, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Jul 18, 2021 8:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Mourning Dove  18
Killdeer  2
Least Sandpiper  1    calling flying over
Turkey Vulture  1
American Kestrel  2    pair, calling, likely nesting
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  12
Horned Lark  8
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow (American)  1
European Starling  X
Gray Catbird  2
American Robin  2
House Sparrow  X
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  2
Grasshopper Sparrow  2    1 fledged young, heavily streaked on chest
Chipping Sparrow  2
Field Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  5
Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)  5
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  3
Common Grackle  10
Pine Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S92062132

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