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Plum Island (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2026 6:41 AM – 7:21 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.245 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club Birding By Bike Trip. 

Weather: 49-55°F, Cloudy, Occasional rain. 

We rode our bikes along the main refuge road between Parking Lot #1 and Hellcat. A splinter group continued to the Pines. We met at 630AM and birded until 1PM, dodging rain drops along the way.

70 species (+1 other taxa)

Snow Goose  1    Flew overhead at Hellcat.

Brant  12

Canada Goose  6

Mute Swan  1

Gadwall  8

Mallard  7

Green-winged Teal  4

Long-tailed Duck  1

Bufflehead  8

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  9

Clapper Rail  1    Continuing bird.

Killdeer  7

Semipalmated Plover  5

Willet  21    Willets heard and seen from Parking Lot #1 to Hellcat.

Greater Yellowlegs  10

Least Sandpiper  4

American Herring Gull  28

Great Black-backed Gull  3

Common Tern  10

Common Loon  3

Northern Gannet  1

Double-crested Cormorant  7

Glossy Ibis  15

Snowy Egret  2

Great Egret  14

Great Blue Heron  2

Osprey  5

Cooper’s Hawk  5

Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)  1

Northern Harrier  2

Belted Kingfisher  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Merlin  6

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  5

Black-capped Chickadee  13

Tree Swallow  26

Purple Martin  5

Barn Swallow  9

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Marsh Wren  3

European Starling  4

Gray Catbird  2

Brown Thrasher  7

Northern Mockingbird  5

Veery  2

American Robin  12

House Sparrow  2

Purple Finch  9

American Goldfinch  12

Chipping Sparrow  4

White-throated Sparrow  7

Savannah Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  6

Swamp Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  18

Orchard Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  11

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  15

Northern Waterthrush  3

Black-and-white Warbler  4

Northern Parula  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Palm Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  16

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332095013

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ANNUAL REPORT 2008

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

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2009

2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

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

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2009

2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

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

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

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