Squantum, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US
Aug 15, 2021 6:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 14 participants (eventually-first 11, then 3 from SSBC)
52 species
Canada Goose  1
Mallard  1
American Black Duck  24
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
American Oystercatcher  3
Semipalmated Plover  5
Killdeer  1
Least Sandpiper  25
Semipalmated Sandpiper  200
Short-billed Dowitcher  5
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  27
Lesser Yellowlegs  4
Laughing Gull  5
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Double-crested Cormorant  54
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  2
Great Egret  19
Snowy Egret  89
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
Osprey (carolinensis)  8
Northern Harrier  1    imm
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Barn Swallow (American)  10
House Wren  5
Carolina Wren  3
European Starling  100
Gray Catbird  16
Northern Mockingbird  3
American Robin  15
Cedar Waxwing  1
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  8
Saltmarsh Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  3
Baltimore Oriole  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10
Common Grackle  17
Black-and-white Warbler  1
American Redstart  3
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  2
Northern Cardinal  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S93305347

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