Plymouth Beach, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Jul 23, 2022 6:00 AM – 6:30 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 1 participant 90 degrees, cut it short
17 species
Common Eider  7
Chimney Swift  2
Semipalmated Plover  1
Ruddy Turnstone  2
Least Sandpiper  5
Laughing Gull  3
Double-crested Cormorant  25
American Crow  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow (American)  25
Gray Catbird  1
American Goldfinch  2
Song Sparrow  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  2
Common Grackle  15
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S115676545
Ellisville Harbor SP, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Jul 23, 2022 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, up to 3 additional participants, alternate from Plymouth Beach 90 degree day
48 species
Canada Goose  4
Mallard  1    plus 6 yng
American Black Duck  8
Mourning Dove  6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Semipalmated Plover  25
Piping Plover  9
Killdeer  3
Whimbrel  2
Sanderling  1
Least Sandpiper  15
Semipalmated Sandpiper  500
Short-billed Dowitcher  75
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Greater Yellowlegs  15
Lesser Yellowlegs  4
Bonaparte’s Gull  2
Laughing Gull  80
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Least Tern  30
Common Tern  15
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  3
Snowy Egret  1    imm
Green Heron  2
Osprey (carolinensis)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Barn Swallow (American)  10
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  3
European Starling  X
Gray Catbird  6
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  2
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  1
Saltmarsh Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  7
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10
Common Yellowthroat  2
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S115676548

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