Wompatuck SP, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2017 6:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
6.5 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline Bird Club walk led by Eddie Giles.
52 species
Canada Goose 2 – Holly Pond
Wood Duck 3 – Flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant 1 – flyover
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1 – Picture Pond
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 9 – Two nests observed, one with a clutch of five eggs (no cowbird eggs). Last week this nest had one egg.
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Blue-headed Vireo X – (4) counted by Glenn d’Entremont
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 17
Tufted Titmouse 9
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 5
Brown Creeper 2
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea) 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 7
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling X
Ovenbird X – (36) counted by Glenn d’Entremont
Louisiana Waterthrush 2 – one bird singing across from G16, a second bird singing from the opposite side of Picture Pond.
Northern Waterthrush X – (3) counted by Glenn d’Entremont
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler X – (13) counted by Glenn d’Entremont
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 1 – (1) bird observed in the company of a couple of Yellow-rumped Warblers
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 2
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 2
Pine Warbler 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 11
Chipping Sparrow 17
White-throated Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 9 – at one point we had five birds in view, (3) male and (2) females
Scarlet Tanager 5
Northern Cardinal 13
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36545666
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