Fort Hill, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Nov 27, 2021 7:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Checklist Comments:    BBC/SSBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, Ernie L, 6 participants
38 species
Brant (Atlantic)  15
Canada Goose  25
Mallard  4
American Black Duck  8
Bufflehead  15
Common Goldeneye  50
Mourning Dove  4
Sanderling  5
Dunlin  65
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Double-crested Cormorant  9
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2
Northern Harrier  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Merlin  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  200
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Carolina Wren  4
European Starling  X
Northern Mockingbird  1
Eastern Bluebird  20
American Robin  70
House Sparrow  X
House Finch  10
American Goldfinch  15
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  4
Eastern Meadowlark  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S98195149
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Nov 27, 2021 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Wild Turkey  8
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
American Crow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
American Goldfinch  10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S98195154
Head of the Meadow Beach, N. Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Nov 27, 2021 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  10
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  200
Black Scoter  85
Long-tailed Duck  50
Red-breasted Merganser  100
Razorbill  400
Black-legged Kittiwake  2
Red-throated Loon  30
Northern Gannet  75
Double-crested Cormorant  2
passerine sp.  1    no option for snow bunting/lapland longspur, “tew” sound head many times and no rattle (snow bunting); likely longspur
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S98195156
MacMillan Wharf, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Nov 27, 2021 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Brant (Atlantic)  2
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  25
Long-tailed Duck  5
Common Goldeneye  1
Red-breasted Merganser  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Razorbill  5
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  18
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S98195157

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