Outer Cape – Wellfleet to Provincetown to Chatham
Wellfleet–High Toss Rd, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
08-Oct-2022 07:30 – 08:44
Checklist Comments:    BBC/SSBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, Ernie L, Susan H, 9 participants
American Black Duck  3
Osprey  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  10
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
Carolina Wren  1
Gray Catbird  1
American Robin  50
Cedar Waxwing  20
House Sparrow  X
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  1
Chipping Sparrow  30
Savannah Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  2
Palm Warbler (Western)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  3
Northern Cardinal  1
Indigo Bunting  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120405857
High Head, Pilgrim Heights, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
08-Oct-2022 09:02 – 09:46
Mallard  7
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Blue Heron  2
Belted Kingfisher  2
Tree Swallow  1500
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Carolina Wren  1
Chipping Sparrow  5
Clay-colored Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  7
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  2
Palm Warbler  1
Indigo Bunting  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120563748
Beech Forest, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
08-Oct-2022 09:55 – 10:47
Green-winged Teal  2
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1    Photos
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  1
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
Tree Swallow  30
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  5
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  1
Purple Finch  0
White-throated Sparrow  3
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  0
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120563749
Race Point Beach, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
08-Oct-2022 10:45 – 11:15
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  20
Surf Scoter  13
White-winged Scoter  35
Black Scoter  15
Sanderling  34
Dunlin  1
Laughing Gull  5
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Cory’s Shearwater  5
Northern Gannet  15
Double-crested Cormorant  5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120563752
Lieutenant Island Causeway, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
08-Oct-2022 13:00 – 13:30
Black-bellied Plover  3
Least Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  75
Laughing Gull  29
Forster’s Tern  10
Common/Forster’s Tern  15
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  3
Great Egret  3
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Crow  40
Fish Crow  5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120563754
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Barnstable
08-Oct-2022 13:45 – 14:36
Wild Turkey  3
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
Eastern Bluebird  4
House Finch  5
Swamp Sparrow  1
Common Grackle  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120563756
First Encounter Beach, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
08-Oct-2022 14:48 – 15:57
Common Eider  250
Wild Turkey  9
Black-bellied Plover  6
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.  1    long view w/heat shimmer.  slender plover, small head with shorter bill than BB, appeared dark backed, likely golden plover
Semipalmated Plover  7
Sanderling  2
Dunlin  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Laughing Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  6
Snowy Egret  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  2
Horned Lark  8
Tree Swallow  2
Palm Warbler  0
Palm Warbler (Western)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120563759
Herring Pond, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
08-Oct-2022 16:03 – 16:12
Canada Goose  2
Mute Swan  7
Mallard  2
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Mourning Dove  1
White-rumped Sandpiper  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Belted Kingfisher  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  1
Carolina Wren  1
Gray Catbird  1
Song Sparrow  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120563762
Forest Beach and Conservation Lands, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts,
08-Oct-2022 16:44 – 17:12
American Black Duck  2
American Oystercatcher  2
Black-bellied Plover  2
Whimbrel  1
Marbled Godwit  6    Photos
Greater Yellowlegs  50
Willet (Western)  21    photos with marbled godwits
Laughing Gull  5
Common Loon  5
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  10
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  1    Long legs extension
Belted Kingfisher  1
Tree Swallow  5
European Starling  X
Song Sparrow  2
Cape May Warbler  1    imm male
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120563764

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