Refuge Road, Newbury, Massachusetts, US (42.789, -70.809), Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 3, 2025 6:31 AM – 12:31 PM
Protocol: Traveling
9.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: My Brookline Bird Club Birding By Bike Trip. We rode our bikes round-trip from Parking Lot #1 to Hellcat. Walked Hellcat Boardwalk.
Weather: Sunny, average 65°F, calm.
75 species
Canada Goose 9
Gadwall 2
Mallard 12
Wild Turkey 3
Mourning Dove 5
Clapper Rail 2 Continuing bird just south of Parking Lot #1.
Killdeer 2
Willet 25 Many seen and heard from Parking Lot #1 to Hellcat
Greater Yellowlegs 1
American Herring Gull 40
Double-crested Cormorant 11
Glossy Ibis 4
Snowy Egret 2
Great Egret 13
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
Blue-headed Vireo 6
Warbling Vireo 2
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 26
Fish Crow 4 Flew overhead at Parking Lot #1.
Common Raven 2 Flew overhead at Hellcat.
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Tree Swallow 30
Purple Martin 3
Barn Swallow 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9
Northern House Wren 2
Marsh Wren 2
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 11
Brown Thrasher 5
Northern Mockingbird 4
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 14
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 7
American Goldfinch 15
Chipping Sparrow 4
Field Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1 Seen at S-curves.
White-crowned Sparrow 1 Seen at Wardens.
White-throated Sparrow 12
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 11
Baltimore Oriole 6
Red-winged Blackbird 36
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Common Grackle 42
Ovenbird 7
Black-and-white Warbler 21
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 13
American Redstart 7
Cape May Warbler 1 Seen at Hellcat.
Northern Parula 10
Magnolia Warbler 9
Bay-breasted Warbler 2 Seen by many at Hellcat.
Yellow Warbler 28 Heard singing from Parking Lot #1 to Hellcat.
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 Seen at S-curves and Hellcat.
Black-throated Blue Warbler 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler 13
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 12
Scarlet Tanager 2 Seen south of Parking Lot #1 and at Hellcat Boardwalk.
Northern Cardinal 18
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