Wompatuck SP, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 28, 2019 5:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont/Eddie Giles co-leaders, 8 participants
46 species
Canada Goose  2
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  3
Mourning Dove  5
Osprey (carolinensis)  2    one with fish doing display
Broad-winged Hawk  3
Barred Owl (Northern)  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Pileated Woodpecker  2    pair, found nest hole
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4
Eastern Phoebe  5
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  2
Tree Swallow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  23
Tufted Titmouse  13
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4
Brown Creeper  8
Winter Wren  4
Carolina Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  7
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  7
Northern Mockingbird  1
Evening Grosbeak  4    continuing; at least this number, flyovers
Purple Finch (Eastern)  1
Pine Siskin  1
American Goldfinch  8
Chipping Sparrow  16
Song Sparrow  6
Eastern Towhee  10
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  12
Common Grackle  9
Ovenbird  11
Louisiana Waterthrush  1
Northern Waterthrush  2
Black-and-white Warbler  7
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1
Pine Warbler  13
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  12
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  11
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55583352

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