Old Fish Hatchery and Nye Pond, East Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Feb 9, 2020
Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader,
American Black Duck  1
Ring-necked Duck  2
Marsh Wren  1    consistently calling in phragmites, listening to calls of wrens was MAWR, not SEWR (Sedge), playback (about 15 seconds) did not elicit response but this was after the group trudged through the area.
stakeout Painted Bunting–Carver (Dec 2019-Jan 2020), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Feb 9, 2020 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  3
Fish Crow  2
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  15
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Carolina Wren  2
Eastern Bluebird  2
House Sparrow  X
American Goldfinch  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  6
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Great Herring Pond, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Feb 9, 2020 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Mallard  10
Bufflehead  16
Common Goldeneye  73
Barrow’s Goldeneye  5    likely the most I have seen at one time, last year there was two pair, this year two pair plus a immature male with dark brown head w/reddish tone, high point above the forehead, darkish bill, darker back than the COGO, hanging w/adult BAGO and followed the female(s) around
Hooded Merganser  6
Red-breasted Merganser  12
Common Loon  4
Bald Eagle  1    imm (2nd year?), brown blotched with white all over
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  3
White-throated Sparrow  10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Northern Cardinal  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S64333808
stakeout Western Tanager–Oriole Lane, Sandwich (2019-2020), Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Feb 9, 2020 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Mourning Dove  6
Turkey Vulture  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  4
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Winter Wren  1    heard singing briefly, home owners mentioned has been singing recently
Carolina Wren  1
House Finch  5
American Goldfinch  25
Field Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  10
Song Sparrow  2
Western Tanager  1    continuing bird
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S64333807
Shawme Pond, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Feb 9, 2020 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM
Canada Goose  15
Mute Swan  1
American Wigeon  29
Mallard  3
Bufflehead  7
Hooded Merganser  4
American Crow  5
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
European Starling  X
Scusset Beach State Reservation, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Feb 9, 2020 1:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Brant (Atlantic)  30
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  1150
White-winged Scoter  20
Black Scoter  35
Red-breasted Merganser  10
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Razorbill  2
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Common Loon  5
Great Cormorant (North Atlantic)  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Horned Lark  1
Carolina Wren  2
American Robin  3
White-throated Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S64333804

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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