Wompatuck SP, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 22, 2018 5:45 AM – 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC trip, Eddie G leader, 5 participants (briefly 6)
43 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 2
Mallard (Northern) 3
Wild Turkey 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1 ad
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 3
Barred Owl (Northern) 2 pair found by Bob T which appear to be tending/building a nest (exact spot withheld) in crook of tree seemed like three trunks rising leaving a large flat hollow about 20/30 feet up. lots of sticks in place could the nest be started by something else and taken over? Will try to follow up later, might be tough to relocate when trees leaf out.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 10
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 5
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 11
Blue Jay 9
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 27
Tufted Titmouse 14
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 6
Brown Creeper 3
Winter Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 11
Hermit Thrush 4
American Robin 8
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 1 yellow undertail coverts contrasting strongly with off whitish belly and lower chest. Yellow on upper chest not as strong as vent, very different from all the other Palms seen during day. Others noted difference as well
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 16
Pine Warbler 25
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3
Chipping Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2
Song Sparrow 6
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Common Grackle 5
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 14
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