Plymouth Beach, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Jul 22, 2017 7:00 AM – 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC/FMSSF trip, only 2 others showed from SSBC
47 species
Canada Goose 6
Mallard (Northern) 2
Common Loon 13
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 6
Osprey (carolinensis) 5
American Oystercatcher 1
Semipalmated Plover 110
Piping Plover 20
Killdeer 1
Whimbrel 1
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 50
Least Sandpiper 5
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1200
Western Sandpiper 1 ad, rufous fringe on black centered scapular, long thick based bill with droop at end-compared with SESA bill longer thicker at base and droop, legs longer
Short-billed Dowitcher 46
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Willet (Eastern) 18
Laughing Gull 100
Ring-billed Gull 1100
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Least Tern 70
Common Tern (hirundo) 9
Mourning Dove 9
Black-billed Cuckoo 1 flying low going north kept going did not appear to stop
Chimney Swift 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Eastern Kingbird 6
American Crow 8
Fish Crow 2
Horned Lark 3
Tree Swallow 4
Bank Swallow 2
Barn Swallow (American) 3
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 4
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 3
Song Sparrow 13
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 5
Common Grackle 8
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 1
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38612776
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