Sunday, May 1, 2011

Wompatuck 5/1

From Eddie Giles:

Over twenty-four birders turned out this morning for the co-sponsored Brookline Bird Club/South Shore Bird Club trip to Wompatuck State Park in Hingham. With bright sunshine and cool temperatures we found the following 42 species:

Canada Goose
Red-tailed Hawk
Herring Gull
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Hermit Thrush
American Robin

Warblers
Northern Parula
Yellow
Yellow-rumped
Black-throated Green
Pine
Palm
CERULEAN - Picture Pond trail, outside park boundary.  Required 10+ minutes of patience before the bird moved to reveal it's location.  Fifth consecutive year at Wompatuck.
Black-and-white
Worm-eating
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush

Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch