Plymouth Beach, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 29, 2016 6:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – SSBC – FMSSF – Paskamansett – Plymouth Beach and vicinity – Leader: Glenn d’Entremont
35 species
Canada Goose 22
Mute Swan 8
Mallard (Northern) 5
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Osprey (carolinensis) 3
Black-bellied Plover 25
Semipalmated Plover 1
Piping Plover 19
Willet (Eastern) 4
Ruddy Turnstone 4
Sanderling 10
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 10 adult birds, now nesting with at least one bird sitting on nest
Great Black-backed Gull X
Least Tern 75
Common Tern (hirundo) 3 scary quiet at the end of beach, first time in 47 years there were NO groups of terns at the end. Per the warden(s) there is a coyote and raccoon which are predating. colony is abandoned and seemingly the gulls too. there is this one pair which seem to be making a stand
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 4
Bank Swallow 15
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 5
Song Sparrow 24
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 2
Common Grackle 14
House Finch 3
House Sparrow X
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