Tidmarsh May 6th, 2018

13 Birders joined Lisa Schibley on her now annual walk at Tidmarsh. The newly acquired Mass Audubon Sanctuary has undergone some changes, mainly it now has a proper parking lot on Beaver Dam Road (and the red shack is gone!)
We walked some of the newly widened trails and a few of the future  trails. Lisa had organized some parking at the other end for us, so we all managed to get a comfortable ride back to our cars.

Birding Highlights were close looks at Prairie Warblers

 A distant Belted Kingfisher

 and numerous great looks at Green Herons

All photos by Moe Molander

Below is the ebird list, with thanks to Brian Vigorito who was list keeper for the morning.
Christine Whitebread

Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2018 5:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.25 mile(s)
68 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  9
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  1
Mallard  9
Wild Turkey  1
Common Loon  3
Double-crested Cormorant  7
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Green Heron  7     Conservative count, seen throughout the property
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Herring Gull  2
Mourning Dove  9
Chimney Swift  9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  4
American Kestrel  2
falcon sp.  1
Eastern Phoebe  3
Great Crested Flycatcher  6
White-eyed Vireo  1
Blue-headed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  13
Fish Crow  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3
Tree Swallow  24     One observed carrying a swan feather
Bank Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  12
Black-capped Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  8
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
House Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  6
Eastern Bluebird  3
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  9
European Starling  1
Ovenbird  7
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Nashville Warbler  3
Common Yellowthroat  8
Northern Parula  3
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  6
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  9
Prairie Warbler  3
Chipping Sparrow  7
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  19
Swamp Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  6
Northern Cardinal  8
Orchard Oriole  1
Baltimore Oriole  5
Red-winged Blackbird  25
Brown-headed Cowbird  7
Common Grackle  14
American Goldfinch  9

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45402346