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Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 7, 2019 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Comments:    BBC trip,  48 degrees, sunny with a light SW wind
41 species (+1 other taxa)
Brant  2    Flyovers
Mallard  2
Wild Turkey  2
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  1
gull sp.  6
Double-crested Cormorant  21    flyovers
Black-crowned Night-Heron  3    1 at front pond, 2 flyovers
Cooper’s Hawk  2    male and female
Downy Woodpecker  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  4
Tree Swallow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  1
House Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  8
European Starling  1
American Goldfinch  10
White-throated Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  1
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Common Grackle  5
Ovenbird  2
Northern Waterthrush  2
Black-and-white Warbler  6
Nashville Warbler  3
Common Yellowthroat  2
Northern Parula  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1    male
Prairie Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56097296

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