MassH owAudubo Danieln’ Ws Sebstertatewide Mass Audubon’s Statewide WBirdildli Cfeo Snaservationctuary nH Pelrojeps Birdscts Bird Conservation Projects This entire sanctuary is managed for birds and has been designated an < Important Bird Areas (IBAs) are sites Important Bird Area (IBA). providing essential habitat to one or more species of breeding, wintering,

< We maintain over 300 acres of this 475-acre sanctuary and/or migrating birds. The statewide Daniel Webster as grassland habitat through rotational mowing. Fields portfolio of 79 IBAs represents critical Wildlife Sanctuary are important habitat for nesting and foraging by a wide habitat for every bird species regularly variety of bird and mammal species. Bobolinks and Tree occurring in Massachusetts. Swallows nest during the summer; Rough-legged Hawks, Northern Shrikes, and a variety of owls feed on mice < Birds, like many Massachusetts residents, and voles in the winter. Nest boxes are maintained and flock to the coastal areas of our state. monitored for Wood Duck, American Kestrel, Purple We help protect Piping Plovers, tern Martin, Tree Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee and species, and coastal habitat at 90 sites in Barred Owl. southeastern Massachusetts. < The wet panne is fed by groundwater and provides seasonal wetland habitat for a number of birds < This important work cannot be done including Wilson’s Snipe, Spotted Sandpipers, Greater alone. We depend on the support of and Lesser Yellowlegs, Green Heron, and Glossy Ibis, our members and work closely with Marshfield, MA 781-837-9400 along with a variety of ducks and songbirds. many other organizations, agencies,

[email protected] < Portions of the property are managed shrubland and landowners. habitat. Shrublands provide habitat for Brown Thrasher, American Woodcock, and a variety of songbirds. As this Field Notes habitat decreases, so do these bird populations. We are How you can help. working to increase this habitat at the sanctuary as well as maintain native plant species in existing shrublands. Date: Turn your checklists into data and contribute < The osprey pole at the sanctuary has been occupied Time: since 1990 and was one of the first successful nests to Mass Audubon’s knowledge and Weather: on the South Shore after a dramatic decrease in the understanding of Massachusetts’ birdlife and Trails taken: osprey population during the 1950’s and 60’s. Osprey the birds of our wildlife sanctuaries. Keep were heavily impacted by the spraying of DDT but a list of birds on your walk and log on to have rebounded since DDT has been outlawed. They www.massaudubon.org/ebird to submit your are a remarkable success story. Our close proximity to observations. Your sightings will be stored in a Green Harbor River and the coast provide good feeding database that Mass Audubon scientists can use grounds for the sanctuary’s osprey and their young. to track birds on our sanctuaries. < The Purple Martin colony, housed in hanging gourds and Help us collect important data by participating Observations: more traditional housing apartments, is one of only a in Mass Audubon bird monitoring programs few colonies in Massachusetts. Purple Martins are aerial foragers, eating insects caught on the wing over our including the Oriole Project, the Whip-poor- open fields and skimming the surface of nearby Webster will Survey, the second statewide Breeding Pond to drink. Volunteers and staff monitor this colony, Bird Atlas, or our sanctuary breeding bird providing additional housing as needed and banding the surveys. You can also get involved in the annual young so we can learn about their habits and needs. Christmas Bird Count or our annual Bird-a- thon. For more information, visit our website: 2010 www.massaudubon.org. Bird Checklist for Daniel Webster

 Canada Goose  American Coot  Warbling Vireo  Yellow-rumped Warbler  Mute Swan  Black-bellied Plover  Philadelphia Vireo  Black-throated Green Warbler  Wood Duck  Semipalmated Plover  Red-eyed Vireo  Blackburnian Warbler  Gadwall  Killdeer  Blue Jay  Pine Warbler  American Wigeon  Spotted Sandpiper  American Crow  Prairie Warbler  American Black Duck  Solitary Sandpiper  Fish Crow  Palm Warbler  Mallard  Greater Yellowlegs  Purple Martin  Bay-breasted Warbler  Blue-winged Teal  Lesser Yellowlegs  Tree Swallow  Blackpoll Warbler  Northern Shoveler  Whimbrel  Northern Rough-winged Swallow  Black-and-white Warbler  Northern Pintail  Semipalmated Sandpiper  Bank Swallow  American Redstart  Green-winged Teal  Least Sandpiper  Cliff Swallow  Connecticut Warbler  Ring-necked Duck  Pectoral Sandpiper  Barn Swallow  Common Yellowthroat  Greater Scaup  Wilson’s Snipe  Black-capped Chickadee  Wilson’s Warbler  Lesser Scaup  American Woodcock  Tufted Titmouse  Canada Warbler  Bufflehead  Ring-billed Gull  Red-breasted Nuthatch  Scarlet Tanager  Common Goldeneye  Herring Gull  White-breasted Nuthatch  Eastern Towhee  Hooded Merganser  Great Black-backed Gull  Brown Creeper  American Tree Sparrow  Common Merganser  Least Tern  Carolina Wren  Chipping Sparrow  Red-breasted Merganser  Common Tern  House Wren  Field Sparrow  Pied-billed Grebe  Forster’s Tern  Marsh Wren  Savannah Sparrow  Double-crested Cormorant  Rock Pigeon  Golden-crowned Kinglet  Song Sparrow  Great Blue Heron  Mourning Dove  Ruby-crowned Kinglet  Swamp Sparrow  Great Egret  Yellow-billed Cuckoo  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  White-throated Sparrow  Snowy Egret  Black-billed Cuckoo  Eastern Bluebird  White-crowned Sparrow  Little Blue Heron  Eastern Screech-Owl  Wood Thrush  Dark-eyed Junco  Green Heron  Great Horned Owl  American Robin  Northern Cardinal  Black-crowned Night-Heron  Barred Owl  Gray Catbird  Rose-breasted Grosbeak  Glossy Ibis  Long-eared Owl  Northern Mockingbird  Indigo Bunting  Turkey Vulture  Short-eared Owl  Brown Thrasher  Bobolink  Osprey  Common Nighthawk  European Starling  Red-winged Blackbird  Bald Eagle  Chimney Swift  American Pipit  Eastern Meadowlark  Northern Harrier  Ruby-throated Hummingbird  Cedar Waxwing  Rusty Blackbird  Sharp-shinned Hawk  Belted Kingfisher  Blue-winged Warbler  Common Grackle  Cooper’s Hawk  Red-bellied Woodpecker  Tennessee Warbler  Brown-headed Cowbird  Red-shouldered Hawk  Downy Woodpecker  Northern Parula  Baltimore Oriole  Broad-winged Hawk  Hairy Woodpecker  Yellow Warbler  House Finch  Red-tailed Hawk  Northern Flicker  Chestnut-sided Warbler  American Goldfinch  Rough-legged Hawk  Eastern Wood-Pewee  Magnolia Warbler  Evening Grosbeak  American Kestrel  Willow Flycatcher  Cape May Warbler  House Sparrow  Merlin  Eastern Phoebe  Black-throated Blue Warbler  Wild Turkey  Great Crested Flycatcher   Virginia Rail  Eastern Kingbird   Sora  Northern Shrike   Common Moorhen  Blue-headed Vireo 