Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Plymouth Airport, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

May 23, 2026 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC/FMSSF/Paskamansett trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; ~25 participants

32 species

Mourning Dove  1

Killdeer  1

Upland Sandpiper  2    may have figured out why we have had issues locating this species recently; apparently nesting or spending their time on the southeast side of the NE/SW runway along the taxi way near fence line: last two encounters have been there

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey  3    Now nesting (!!) on the property; nest on the communication tower in the middle of the east/west runway on top; third bird attempted to interfere and was soundly escorted off

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

American Kestrel  1    male

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Fish Crow  1

Tufted Titmouse  2

Barn Swallow (American)  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  2

Brown Thrasher  1

House Sparrow  X

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  1

Field Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  2

Eastern Meadowlark  4

Common Grackle  4

Ovenbird  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Prairie Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S348822472

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