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Exploring Cumberland – May 8, 2024

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Shaun Bamford, Cindy Bamford, Bernie Hodgdon

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Foggy start, but once that burned off, wonderful day of birding. Great encounter with yellow-breasted chat, indigo bunting and common yellow-throat perched up together! Ravens and peregrines came through again. Also, lots of shorebirds.

68 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
Mourning Dove 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Clapper Rail 9
Semipalmated Plover 12
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Willet 4
Dunlin 6
Least Sandpiper 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 22
Laughing Gull 25
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 14
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 5
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Peregrine Falcon 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
White-eyed Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
Common Raven 2
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Tree Swallow 10
Purple Martin 80
Barn Swallow 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Marsh Wren 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 7
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Wood Thrush 1
House Finch 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 1
Seaside Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Red-winged Blackbird 28
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 3
Ovenbird 6
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 3
Prairie Warbler 4
Summer Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 3
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