Wompatuck SP, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 20, 2018 6:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Brookline Bird Club walk led by Eddie Giles.  Pleasant morning with overcast skies and temps in the 60s.  Slow start but activity picked up as the morning wore on.
51 species

Mallard (Northern)  1
Great Blue Heron  1     Flyover.
Great Egret  1     Flyover.
Turkey Vulture  1     Flyover.
Broad-winged Hawk  2
Herring Gull  1     Flyover.
Mourning Dove  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2     Female seen entering cavity.
Northern Flicker  2     M/F pair at nesting cavity.
Eastern Phoebe  4
Great Crested Flycatcher  10
Red-eyed Vireo  8
Blue Jay  4
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  6
Brown Creeper  1
Winter Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
Veery  5
Wood Thrush  5
American Robin  6
Gray Catbird  8
Ovenbird  12
Worm-eating Warbler  1
Northern Waterthrush  3
Blue-winged Warbler  6
Black-and-white Warbler  7
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  7
American Redstart  8
Northern Parula  4
Magnolia Warbler  4
Blackburnian Warbler  2
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  7
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  4
Pine Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Canada Warbler  2
Wilson’s Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  8
Scarlet Tanager  6
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Baltimore Oriole  4
Red-winged Blackbird  5
American Goldfinch  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45940041

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The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

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The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

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The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

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