Wompatuck SP (Plymouth Co.), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 26, 2026 5:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants
39 species
Canada Goose 11
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 2
Wild Turkey 2
Mourning Dove 6
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 5
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 5
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Phoebe 5
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 19
Tufted Titmouse 13
Tree Swallow 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Winter Wren 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 5
House Finch 2
Purple Finch (Eastern) 1
American Goldfinch 14
Chipping Sparrow 16
White-throated Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 8
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 10
Northern Waterthrush 2
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Pine Warbler 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Northern Cardinal 8
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332127152
Foothills Preserve, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 26, 2026 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants
33 species
Canada Goose 1
Mallard 1
King Rail 1 large, rusty colored rail, back feather black center with pale tan/buff fringing
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Little Blue Heron 1 Bird had two noticeable plumes off back of head/top of neck, bill did not show noticeable two tone color (blackish tip), the chin was white with a little on the top of neck, head showed no purple or blue with reddish tone, legs and feet not seen. Current ebird images do not show the individual seen-there are two showing this color plumage per reports. Online images do not show LB w/plumes or white chin.
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey (American) 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 15
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Barn Swallow (American) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 15
Common Grackle 5
Pine Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332127167
Plymouth Airport, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 26, 2026 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 2 participants
8 species
Mourning Dove 2
Killdeer 1
American Kestrel 4
American Crow 1
European Starling X
Eastern Bluebird 5
House Sparrow X
Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern) 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332127183
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