Wompatuck SP, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 22, 2016 6:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Wompatuck State Park – Leader: Eddie Giles – Morning started out with overcast skies and the threat of rain that never materialized. The sun actually broke through the clouds mid-morning. Temps were in the high 50s/low 60s. Although migrants were nearly nonexistent in the park this morning, the local breeders put on quite the showing.
38 species
Ruffed Grouse 1 G9, drumming
Great Egret 1 Flyover at Boundary Pond
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6 Probably more as they seemed to be calling at every location we stopped at. We actually observed a pair copulating a few times at G8. Interesting to note that the female was carrying a caterpillar in her beak before, during and after the act.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker X
Pileated Woodpecker 1 G9. This bird flew in, landed on the backside of an enormous stag and began drumming. The acoustics/resonance from this particular mass of dead wood was spectacular.
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Picture Pond
Eastern Phoebe 4 Including (1) at nest with (2) newly hatched chicks.
Great Crested Flycatcher 6
Eastern Kingbird 1 Boundary Pond
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Veery 8
Wood Thrush 10
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 4
Ovenbird 20 Conservative estimate, including a female sitting in her nest on at least one cowbird egg (obeserved when she flew out).
Worm-eating Warbler 6 (4) G9, (1) G8, (1) Holly Pond Road
Northern Waterthrush 2
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 6
Bay-breasted Warbler 1 G8. Silent bird
Yellow Warbler 3
Pine Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 10
Scarlet Tanager 6
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 3 Holly Pond.
Common Grackle 1 Boundary Pond.
Brown-headed Cowbird X Far too many.
Baltimore Oriole 7
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This year marked the 20th anniversary of when Nick Samson and Eddie Giles organized the first Brookline Bird Club trip to the offshore shelf edge on a 24 hour Captain John "slowboat" marathon trip
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The BBC is again selling the Federal Migratory Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp. We are doing this in support of the National Wildlife Refuge System and to support conservation of federal lands. Ninety-eight cents of
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The BBC, through our Conservation and Education Committee, is pleased to donate $250 to Wildlands Trust, a regional land trust working to conserve native habitats and lands of high ecological value in Southeastern Massachusetts. As
Reporting State-listed Species
Every BBC member, and every birder in our state, can make a direct contribution to bird conservation by reporting observations of state-listed species through the Heritage Hub reporting system, part of the state's Natural Heritage
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May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career
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This year marked the 20th anniversary of when Nick Samson and Eddie Giles organized the first Brookline Bird Club trip to the offshore shelf edge on a 24 hour Captain John "slowboat" marathon trip
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2021-2022 FEDERAL DUCK STAMPS ON SALE NOW!
The BBC is again selling the Federal Migratory Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp. We are doing this in support of the National Wildlife Refuge System and to support conservation of federal lands. Ninety-eight cents of
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The BBC, through our Conservation and Education Committee, is pleased to donate $250 to Wildlands Trust, a regional land trust working to conserve native habitats and lands of high ecological value in Southeastern Massachusetts. As
Reporting State-listed Species
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