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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

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

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