Squantum (please use more refined location), Norfolk, Massachusetts, US
Aug 3, 2024 6:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 16 participants, trip began 7:00
53 species
Mallard 2 eclipse plumage male
American Black Duck 19
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 31
Chimney Swift 2
American Oystercatcher 3
Killdeer 2
Semipalmated Plover 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Willet (Eastern) 3
Greater Yellowlegs 13
Least Sandpiper 10
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 80
Laughing Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Common Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Black-crowned Night Heron 1
Snowy Egret 8
Great Egret 10
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 3
Osprey (carolinensis) 5
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
American Kestrel 3 likely a family group; ad male, female, and young which kept (presumably) calling/begging
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 2
Purple Martin 2 surprised this is not a rarity; my first in Squantum in 50 years
Barn Swallow (American) 15
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
House Wren 1
European Starling X
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 6
American Robin 5
Cedar Waxwing 3
House Sparrow X
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 7
Saltmarsh Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 8
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 2
Common Grackle 4
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S190384357
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And the Winner Is…
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Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification!
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And the Winner Is…
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