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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