Wompatuck SP, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 1, 2021 5:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 6 participants
42 species
Mallard  5
Mourning Dove  3
American Woodcock  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey (carolinensis)  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Eastern Phoebe  5
Blue-headed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  14
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  15
Tufted Titmouse  12
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  3
Brown Creeper  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Winter Wren  3
Carolina Wren  1
Gray Catbird  1
Hermit Thrush  2
American Robin  6
House Finch  4
American Goldfinch  10
Chipping Sparrow  17
White-throated Sparrow  13
Song Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  9
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
Common Grackle  2
Ovenbird  30
Northern Waterthrush  4
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  8
Common Yellowthroat  1
Pine Warbler  16
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Northern Cardinal  8
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S87187446
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 1, 2021 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Canada Goose  3
Lesser Scaup  2    pair, flapped bird showed wing stripe only on secondaries
Bufflehead  15
Red-breasted Merganser  10
American Oystercatcher  3
Double-crested Cormorant  200
Great Egret  25
Snowy Egret  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
Turkey Vulture  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S87187449
Scituate, North, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 1, 2021 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
American Black Duck  4
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  50
Surf Scoter  2
White-winged Scoter  4
scoter sp.  50
Red-breasted Merganser  15
Red-necked Grebe  1    breeding plumage
Great Cormorant (North Atlantic)  1
Double-crested Cormorant  50
Snowy Egret  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  20
Barn Swallow (American)  10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S87187452
Ferry Hill Thicket, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 1, 2021 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Blue Jay  4
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  4
Gray Catbird  4
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  2
Chipping Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  25
Common Grackle  5
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S87187454
Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 1, 2021 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Laughing Gull  20
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Plymouth Airport, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 1, 2021 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
Upland Sandpiper  2
American Kestrel  5
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  1
Horned Lark  5
European Starling  X
American Robin  2
House Sparrow  X
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  7
Eastern Meadowlark  2
Pine Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S87187467
Burrage Pond WMA, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 1, 2021 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Canada Goose  20
Mute Swan  6
Mallard  3
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  4
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  15
Great Egret  3
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey (carolinensis)  2
Tree Swallow  50
Barn Swallow (American)  15
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  2
Chipping Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  2
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  15
Common Grackle  5
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  4
Pine Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S87187470
Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 1, 2021 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM
Wood Duck  2
Lesser Scaup  6    3 pair
Bufflehead  4
Ruddy Duck  20
Mourning Dove  2
Tree Swallow  15
Northern Mockingbird  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
Orchard Oriole  2    pair
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S87187471
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