Eastern Point–General Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 21, 2022 6:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club trip
60 species
Canada Goose  7
American Black Duck  2
Common Eider  18
Wild Turkey  5
Mourning Dove  2
Black-bellied Plover  1
Semipalmated Plover  1
Sanderling  6
Willet  1
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  17
Great Egret  2
Little Blue Heron  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Alder Flycatcher  1
Least Flycatcher  2
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Red-eyed Vireo  16
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  12
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Barn Swallow  7
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  4
European Starling  20
Gray Catbird  32
Northern Mockingbird  2
Swainson’s Thrush  1
American Robin  6
House Sparrow  10
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  5
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle  6
Ovenbird  1
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Tennessee Warbler  1
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  7
Northern Parula  16
Magnolia Warbler  6
Blackburnian Warbler  3
Yellow Warbler  26
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  4
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Canada Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
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