Note:
To those who are unfamiliar, these social distancing “walks” are not in-person
walks but rather a group chat where members share their experiences for the
morning and stay connected. South Shore Bird Club is strict about (and very
impressed by its members) adhering to social distancing guidelines, which
includes avoiding populated areas, large groups, and close social interaction.
We fully support members enjoying the healing and mindfulness that nature can
provide and want to foster a social environment for those who may feel
isolated- these walks are intended to achieve both of these goals with safety
at the forefront of our mission.
On May 24th the South Shore Bird Club hosted its
8th installment of our Social Distancing Virtual “walks”.
Pre-dawn Brian made mention duetting Great Horned Owls, an
amicable prelude to an upcoming beautiful day. Dawn brought sunny skies and
warm weather throughout our area which, as I write this post looking out my
window to dense fog, high winds, and intermittent rain, was appreciated and
enjoyed greatly by all.
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| One of the Pembroke Ponds (Great Sandy?) by Brian |
Throughout the day we all shared what we were seeing for new
birds and some of our nature highlights. A list of the bird species we saw can
be found below.
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| Trillium in Christine's Garden |
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| Chocolate chips by Pete |
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| Hermit Thrush by Brian |
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| Sensitive Fern by author |
For these trips we’d like to host guest bloggers, and if
anyone is interested in writing a blog for one of our trips please let me know!
Best,
Nate
| Species Name | Species Count | Sample Size |
| Canada Goose | 52 | 10 |
| Mute Swan | 4 | 2 |
| Mallard | 9 | 5 |
| American Black Duck | 2 | 1 |
| Common Eider | 5 | 3 |
| Surf Scoter | 1 | 1 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 1 | 1 |
| Ruffed Grouse | 1 | 1 |
| Wild Turkey | 4 | 3 |
| Mourning Dove | 40 | 20 |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 2 | 1 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 5 | 4 |
| American Oystercatcher | 2 | 2 |
| Black-bellied Plover | 92 | 5 |
| Semipalmated Plover | 12 | 1 |
| Piping Plover | 7 | 3 |
| Killdeer | 4 | 2 |
| Ruddy Turnstone | 1 | 1 |
| Dunlin | 4 | 1 |
| Least Sandpiper | 33 | 3 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 92 | 5 |
| American Woodcock | 1 | 1 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 1 | 1 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 4 | 2 |
| Willet | 15 | 5 |
| Laughing Gull | 51 | 6 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 19 | 3 |
| Herring Gull | 50 | 7 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 10 | 5 |
| gull sp. | 7 | 2 |
| Least Tern | 41 | 4 |
| Roseate Tern | 1 | 1 |
| Common Tern | 35 | 3 |
| Common Loon | 3 | 1 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 101 | 8 |
| Great Blue Heron | 8 | 4 |
| Great Egret | 6 | 3 |
| Snowy Egret | 9 | 2 |
| Tricolored Heron | 3 | 3 |
| Green Heron | 1 | 1 |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 4 | 2 |
| Turkey Vulture | 2 | 2 |
| Osprey | 12 | 9 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 1 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 4 | 3 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 6 | 3 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 3 | 2 |
| hawk sp. | 1 | 1 |
| Great Horned Owl | 2 | 1 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 3 | 2 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 1 | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 11 | 8 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 11 | 9 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 10 | 6 |
| Downy/Hairy Woodpecker | 3 | 1 |
| Northern Flicker | 17 | 10 |
| falcon sp. | 1 | 1 |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 8 | 5 |
| Alder Flycatcher | 1 | 1 |
| Willow Flycatcher | 4 | 2 |
| Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) | 2 | 1 |
| Least Flycatcher | 1 | 1 |
| Empidonax sp. | 1 | 1 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 9 | 7 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 31 | 16 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 8 | 4 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 | 1 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 4 | 2 |
| Warbling Vireo | 7 | 4 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 19 | 6 |
| Blue Jay | 37 | 18 |
| American Crow | 29 | 15 |
| Fish Crow | 8 | 5 |
| Common Raven | 2 | 1 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | 89 | 22 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 59 | 16 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 3 | 2 |
| Tree Swallow | 12 | 6 |
| Bank Swallow | 3 | 1 |
| Barn Swallow | 14 | 8 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 5 | 2 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 15 | 10 |
| Brown Creeper | 2 | 2 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 4 | 2 |
| House Wren | 12 | 9 |
| Winter Wren | 4 | 3 |
| Marsh Wren | 1 | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 10 | 8 |
| European Starling | 5 | 3 |
| Gray Catbird | 111 | 23 |
| Brown Thrasher | 1 | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 4 | 3 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 1 | 1 |
| Veery | 10 | 4 |
| Hermit Thrush | 4 | 3 |
| Wood Thrush | 5 | 2 |
| American Robin | 110 | 23 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 7 | 3 |
| House Sparrow | 3 | 3 |
| House Finch | 7 | 5 |
| Purple Finch | 1 | 1 |
| American Goldfinch | 49 | 18 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 67 | 14 |
| Field Sparrow | 3 | 2 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 3 | 1 |
| Saltmarsh Sparrow | 4 | 1 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 2 | 1 |
| Song Sparrow | 75 | 21 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 25 | 2 |
| Eastern Towhee | 66 | 14 |
| Bobolink | 30 | 1 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 3 | 1 |
| Orchard Oriole | 5 | 3 |
| Baltimore Oriole | 37 | 12 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 127 | 20 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 36 | 9 |
| Common Grackle | 74 | 22 |
| Ovenbird | 93 | 17 |
| Northern Waterthrush | 3 | 2 |
| Blue-winged Warbler | 14 | 4 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 9 | 4 |
| Nashville Warbler | 2 | 1 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 100 | 16 |
| Hooded Warbler | 1 | 1 |
| American Redstart | 9 | 5 |
| Cape May Warbler | 1 | 1 |
| Northern Parula | 4 | 3 |
| Magnolia Warbler | 1 | 1 |
| Yellow Warbler | 76 | 11 |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 5 | 2 |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 1 | 1 |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 4 | 2 |
| Pine Warbler | 19 | 10 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 1 | 1 |
| Prairie Warbler | 7 | 2 |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 6 | 3 |
| Canada Warbler | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Tanager | 15 | 6 |
| Northern Cardinal | 40 | 19 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 6 | 4 |
