Wompatuck SP (Plymouth Co.), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 28, 2024 5:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Eddie Giles & Glenn d’Entremont leaders, 7 participants
49 species
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 6
Mourning Dove 4
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 6
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 5
Blue-headed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 26
Tufted Titmouse 13
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Winter Wren 3
Carolina Wren 8
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 2
House Sparrow X
House Finch 1
Purple Finch (Eastern) 1
American Goldfinch 8
Chipping Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 11
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Ovenbird 4
Northern Waterthrush 3
Black-and-white Warbler 9
Northern Parula 1
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 17
Pine Warbler 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 16
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171043813
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