Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 10, 2025 3:49 PM – 6:12 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk led by Ben Peters

46 species

Canada Goose  9

Mute Swan  1

Wood Duck  1

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  30

American Herring Gull  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  2

Blue Jay  2

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Tufted Titmouse  5

Tree Swallow  30

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Barn Swallow (American)  10

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Northern House Wren  3

Marsh Wren  4

Gray Catbird  6

Swainson’s Thrush  1

Wood Thrush  3

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  8

American Goldfinch  1

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  3

Swamp Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  16

Common Grackle  7

Ovenbird  2

Common Yellowthroat  2

Northern Parula  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  3

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S237076628

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