Oct 2, 2021
Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, Susan H, Ernie L, 17 participants
Canada Goose  30 – Eastham
Fort Hill, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 2, 2021 7:15 AM – 8:45 AM
Mute Swan  4
Mallard  1
American Black Duck  3
Mourning Dove  6
Black-bellied Plover  2
Greater Yellowlegs  20
Laughing Gull  6
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Double-crested Cormorant  350
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  8
Great Egret  25
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  15
American Crow  8
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
Tree Swallow  5
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Carolina Wren  5
European Starling  X
Gray Catbird  4
American Robin  4
House Sparrow  X
House Finch  6
American Goldfinch  6
Song Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  1
Bobolink  1
Baltimore Oriole  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Yellowthroat  3
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Northern Cardinal  5
Indigo Bunting  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95611027
Eastham Stump Dump, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 2, 2021 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Mourning Dove  1
Osprey (carolinensis)  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  3
Gray Catbird  3
Eastern Bluebird  9
American Robin  4
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  3
Chipping Sparrow  40
Field Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  7
Eastern Towhee  3
Palm Warbler (Western)  2
Pine Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1    imm male
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95611030
First Encounter Beach, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 2, 2021 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Black-bellied Plover  23
Semipalmated Plover  3
Sanderling  135
Dunlin  20
Short-billed Dowitcher  1
Bonaparte’s Gull  1    imm
Laughing Gull  2
Common Tern  3
Forster’s Tern  40
Double-crested Cormorant  25
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Tree Swallow  15
American Pipit  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95611032
Herring Pond, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 2, 2021 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM
Mute Swan  4
Ruddy Duck  5
Pied-billed Grebe  2
American Coot  1
Least Sandpiper  3
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Turkey Vulture  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95611034
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 2, 2021 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
American Black Duck  3
Wild Turkey  7
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2
Turkey Vulture  5
Red-shouldered Hawk  1    juv
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Eastern Phoebe  4
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  13
Tufted Titmouse  5
Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Carolina Wren  1
Gray Catbird  6
Eastern Bluebird  2
American Goldfinch  3
Baltimore Oriole  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1    male
Palm Warbler (Western)  1
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  11
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95611037
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  9 – High Head, Pilgrim Heights
Race Point Beach, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 2, 2021 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
White-winged Scoter  7
Sanderling  20
Laughing Gull  10
Common Tern  50
Northern Gannet  1
Tree Swallow  75
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95611042
Beech Forest, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Oct 2, 2021 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Wood Duck  3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Common Grackle  150
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S95611046

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