Wompatuck SP, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2017 5:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC trip, 2 others joined at 6:30
59 species

Canada Goose  2
Mute Swan  1
Wild Turkey  1
Great Egret  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  5
Barred Owl (Northern)  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  6
Great Crested Flycatcher  5
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  2
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow (American)  1
Black-capped Chickadee  42
Tufted Titmouse  13
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  6
Brown Creeper  6
Winter Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  8
Veery  10
Hermit Thrush  5
Wood Thrush  5
American Robin  9
Gray Catbird  16
European Starling  X
Ovenbird  76
Louisiana Waterthrush  1
Northern Waterthrush  3
Blue-winged Warbler  3
Black-and-white Warbler  17
Common Yellowthroat  2
Northern Parula  2
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  6
Black-throated Blue Warbler  3
Pine Warbler  13
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  13
Song Sparrow  3
Swamp Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  12
Scarlet Tanager  4
Northern Cardinal  9
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  7
Common Grackle  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  9
Baltimore Oriole  7
House Finch  1
Purple Finch (Eastern)  1
American Goldfinch  8
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36667498


BHI–World’s End, Hingham (TTOR), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2017 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC trip
31 species

Bufflehead  1     female
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Great Egret  5
Snowy Egret  5
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1     displaying male, also hunting
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
House Wren  1
Eastern Bluebird  2
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  5
Chipping Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  5
Orchard Oriole  1
Baltimore Oriole  2
House Finch  2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36667493


North Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2017 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC trip
15 species

Mute Swan  3
American Black Duck  1
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  30
Black Scoter  2
Red-breasted Merganser  5
Common Loon  1
Northern Gannet  4
Great Cormorant (North Atlantic)  5
Double-crested Cormorant  50
Purple Sandpiper  50
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Northern Mockingbird  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36667490


Marshfield, North, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2017 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     BBC trip
3 species

Brant (Atlantic)  4
Turkey Vulture  3
Purple Martin  4     Damon’s Point in ornamental bird house(s)

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36667488


Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2017 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC trip
2 species

Wild Turkey  3
Barn Swallow (American)  2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36667487


Brant Rock beach, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2017 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     BBC trip
2 species

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  10
Double-crested Cormorant  75

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36667486


Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2017 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     BBC trip
4 species

Ruddy Duck (Ruddy)  17
Turkey Vulture  1
Bald Eagle  1     ad
Brown Thrasher  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36667483


Burrage Pond WMA, Hanson, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2017 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC trip
13 species

Mallard (Northern)  6
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  5
Great Egret  2
Osprey (carolinensis)  3
Northern Harrier (American)  1     female
Killdeer  2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Chimney Swift  2
Tree Swallow  6
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  2
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  7
Orchard Oriole  2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36667480


Plymouth Airport, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2017 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC trip
9 species

Killdeer  1
Upland Sandpiper  4
American Kestrel  4
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Horned Lark  1
Brown Thrasher  1
Prairie Warbler  1
Vesper Sparrow  1
Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)  3

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36667478

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