Morris Island, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Aug 11, 2018 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, 9 participants
22 species
Mourning Dove 3
American Oystercatcher 4
Least Tern 3
Osprey (carolinensis) 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1 juv
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 5
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Common Grackle 10
American Redstart 1 female or immature
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48714741
South Beach, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Aug 11, 2018 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, 9 paticipants
37 species
American Oystercatcher 10
Black-bellied Plover 500
Semipalmated Plover 800
Piping Plover 22
Whimbrel (Hudsonian) 2
Ruddy Turnstone 35
Red Knot 400
Sanderling 550
Dunlin 3
Least Sandpiper 5
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2100
Short-billed Dowitcher 100
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet (Eastern) 8
Parasitic Jaeger 4
Laughing Gull 1000
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Least Tern 2
Black Tern 2 ad
Roseate Tern 1500
Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana) 3000
Forster’s Tern 1 ad, head changing to winter plumage, mostly whitish with black eye mask, paler back than Common
Common Loon 1
Cory’s Shearwater 10
Great Shearwater 50
Sooty Shearwater 25
Manx Shearwater 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2500
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey (carolinensis) 1
Horned Lark 3
Tree Swallow 120
Bank Swallow 2
Barn Swallow (American) 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715274
Forest Beach and Conservation Lands, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Aug 11, 2018 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, 9 participants
13 species
Whimbrel (Hudsonian) 6
Least Sandpiper 5
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Willet (Eastern) 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 3
Great Egret 10
Snowy Egret 20
Osprey (carolinensis) 6
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow (American) 2
Gray Catbird 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715270
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Pogorelc Sanctuary, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Aug 11, 2018 5:08 PM – 6:34 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Ernie L, 7 participants High numbers of roosting birds in trees and bushes around the pond. View is accessed at the end of right trail at the split. As has been suggested by Peter Crosson, a quiet approach as to not disturb the roost.
23 species
Wood Duck 4
Great Blue Heron 0
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 2
Great Egret 50
Snowy Egret 30
Little Blue Heron 1 Continuing. Photos.
Black-crowned Night-Heron 30
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4 2 juv, 2 2nd yr
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 0
Osprey (carolinensis) 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 0
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 10
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 34
Cedar Waxwing 3
American Goldfinch 3
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 2
Common Grackle 5
Common Yellowthroat 0
Yellow Warbler 0
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715267
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Trip to New Hampshire Lake Umbagog Region
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Bring Back Bobolinks: Bobolink Walk at Appleton Farms Ipswich with the Grasslands Survey Team (New!)
Ipswich - Appleton Farms paid parking, free for TTOR members 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA, United StatesNew addition to our Bring Back Bobolinks conservation series. Rani date July 2 - check with leader in case of rain. Join new BBC members and Trustees Grassland Birds Monitoring Project volunteers Andy and Tina Haubert on their regular survey at this well known location for breeding and nesting Bobolinks. We’ll observe field marks, song,
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Quabbin Reservoir
Quabbin Reservoir - Gate 10 235 Daniel Shays Hwy, Pelham, MA, United StatesJoin Glenn on a 5-to-6-mile walk through a very birdy area with species ranging from Broad-winged Hawk to Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Blue-headed Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, and lots of stuff in between. (Maybe a moose or a bobcat!) Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird Club.
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Bring Back Boblinks: Bobolinks at Heard Farm, Wayland (New!)
Wayland - Heard Farm Conservation Area 12 Heard Road, Wayland, MA, United StatesNew addition to our Bring Back Bobolinks conservation series. This gem works its way into the rotations of many birders once discovered. It is managed for dog walking (no dogs on this walk please) and bobolinks, which in a good year can number 100 or more. We will be using dirt trails and boardwalks. Trails
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Bring Back Bobolinks: Codman Estate Farm (Was Drumlin Farm) (New!)
Codman Community Farms - Donelan's parking 145 Lincoln Rd, Lincoln, MA, United StatesThis walk was planned for Drumlin Farm but more Bobolinks can be seen at this nearby location so we've moved the walk to Codman Farms. Adding to our Bobolink conservation series. Join Ilija to observe and appreciate Bobolinks in breeding habitat! Bobolinks are migratory grassland birds found across Massachusetts. The Bobolink is listed as a
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Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
Harvard - Fruitlands Museum 102 Prospect Hill Rd., Harvard, MA, United StatesCosponsored with Boxborough Birders. All the nesting birds will still be around, with good views of young out of the nest being fed by parents: Veery, Indigo Bunting, Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Bobolink, Wood Thrush, Baltimore Oriole, and Warblers. Expect to walk about 2 miles on trails through meadow and woods with some steep