Wompatuck SP, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2022 6:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling 5.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, Ernie L, 5 then 6 participants. 38 species
Canada Goose  8
Double-crested Cormorant  11
Turkey Vulture  2
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Barred Owl  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  12
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4
Eastern Phoebe  3
Blue Jay  10
American Crow  4
Black-capped Chickadee  12
Tufted Titmouse  13
Barn Swallow  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Winter Wren  2
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  7
House Finch  5
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  13
Song Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  5
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
Common Grackle  7
Ovenbird  4
Northern Waterthrush  2
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  4
Pine Warbler  7
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  15
Northern Cardinal  7
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S108759730
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2022 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Stationary, 10 species
Canada Goose  30
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  1
Surf Scoter  10
Bufflehead  30
Red-breasted Merganser  2
American Oystercatcher  1
Red-throated Loon  2
Double-crested Cormorant  250
Great Egret  50
Black-crowned Night-Heron  10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S108759737
Scituate, North, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2022 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling, 1.0 mile(s), 18 species
American Black Duck  2
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  40
Harlequin Duck  9
Surf Scoter  10
White-winged Scoter  4
Black Scoter  300
Red-breasted Merganser  15
Killdeer  2
Purple Sandpiper  200
Greater Yellowlegs  11
Common Loon  1
Northern Gannet  5
Great Cormorant (North Atlantic)  3
Double-crested Cormorant  100
Snowy Egret  2
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow (American)  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S108759741
Scituate–Driftway, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2022 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling, 2.0 mile(s), 4 species
Brant (Atlantic)  50
Greater Yellowlegs  48
Willet (Eastern)  5
Great Egret  2
Damons Point, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2022 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM
Protocol: Stationary, 4 species
Long-tailed Duck  1    male
Hooded Merganser  2    female
Red-throated Loon  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
Ferry Hill Thicket, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2022 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 0.25 mile(s), 23 species
Cooper’s Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Eastern Screech-Owl  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  5
European Starling  X
Northern Mockingbird  1
House Sparrow  X
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  1
White-throated Sparrow  10
Song Sparrow  2
Common Grackle  2
Northern Cardinal  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S108759750
Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2022 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 0.25 mile(s), 14 species
Canada Goose  30
Mute Swan  1
Wild Turkey  11
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey (carolinensis)  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow (American)  2
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S108759752
Plymouth Airport, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2022 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 0.5 mile(s), 4 species
Upland Sandpiper  3
American Kestrel  5
Eastern Meadowlark  2
Pine Warbler  1
Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2022 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Protocol: Stationary, 6 species
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Willet (Eastern)  2
Laughing Gull  5
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2022 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary, 13 species
Mute Swan  1
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  30
Ring-necked Duck  1    male
Greater Scaup  1    male
Lesser Scaup  9
Bufflehead  60
Mourning Dove  1
Purple Martin  4
Tree Swallow  15
Yellow Warbler  1
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S108759760
Burrage Pond WMA, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2022 5:45 PM – 7:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 2.0 mile(s), 24 species
Canada Goose  20
Mute Swan  2
Sandhill Crane  3
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  15
Great Egret  5
Glossy Ibis  11
Osprey (carolinensis)  1
Northern Harrier  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tree Swallow  30
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  5
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  5
Eastern Towhee  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  50
Common Grackle  10
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S108759761

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