Crane Pond WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 9, 2019 7:00 AM – 10:09 AM
Comments:    BBC trip – first part; forest road and its offshoot paths
43 species (+1 other taxa)
Wood Duck  3
Mourning Dove  3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Common Gallinule  1
Great Blue Heron  25
Great Egret  4
hawk sp.  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  4
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  4
Eastern Kingbird  6
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Tree Swallow  10
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  1
House Wren  1
Marsh Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Eastern Bluebird  2
Veery  7
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  1
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  2
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  5
Ovenbird  7
Common Yellowthroat  2
Yellow Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  2
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57252114
Crane Pond WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 9, 2019 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Comments:    BBC trip – 2nd part; J.B. Little Road south of the water flow
35 species (+1 other taxa)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  6
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Empidonax sp.  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  3
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  1
Tree Swallow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
House Wren  1
Marsh Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Eastern Bluebird  2
Veery  1
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  4
Cedar Waxwing  1
American Goldfinch  5
Swamp Sparrow  2
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  3
Ovenbird  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
House Sparrow  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57252126
Center St. Marsh, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 9, 2019 11:00 AM – 11:35 AM
Comments:    BBC trip – third part
10 species
Black-billed Cuckoo  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Green Heron  3
Turkey Vulture  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
Tree Swallow  5
Marsh Wren  3
Red-winged Blackbird  15
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57252129

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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