Daniel Webster at sunset September 15th 2013

Daniel Webster at Sunset

Ten members met on this gorgeous late summer afternoon to walk the trails and check out the blinds at this birding hotspot. This was intended to be an unhurried and very leisurely trip to end the weekend. We spent quite a while just sitting in the first blind admiring the (first of the season) Green winged Teal. When they show that amazing teal color they are very handsome indeed. While we were sitting there we also managed to get everyone on the scope for excellent looks of a Solitary Sandpiper.

Woodpeckers showed off well too, we saw no fewer than four Flickers close and busy feeding and had a great look at a Red bellied Woodpecker.

 

Most memorable perhaps was the view from Fox Hill: Seeing close to 500 Double Crested Cormorants sitting on the electric cables spanning the Green River pretending to be Swallows is a sight none of us will ever forget!

 

Marshfield: Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary, Plymouth, US-MA
Sep 15, 2013 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     South Shore Bird Club Trip
29 species

Canada Goose  38
Mallard  3
Green-winged Teal  7
Double-crested Cormorant  450
Great Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1
Northern Harrier  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Herring Gull  1
Mourning Dove  6
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  4
Eastern Phoebe  12
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  2
Tree Swallow  4
Tufted Titmouse  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Eastern Bluebird  4
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  20
Cedar Waxwing  30
Chipping Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15332518

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Steven and Christine Whitebread