Crane Pond WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jul 14, 2019 7:00 AM – 11:45 AM

Comments:    BBC trip  S and N ends of J B Little Rd, Center Street Marsh, Little Crane Pond, Ash Street Swamp

51 species (+3 other taxa)

Canada Goose  10    ash st

Wood Duck  11    S J B Little Rd, Center St, Ash St

Mourning Dove  20

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Double-crested Cormorant  1    flying overhead

Great Blue Heron  2

Green Heron  5    ~4 at Ash St, 1 at Little Crane Pond

Turkey Vulture  1

Broad-winged Hawk  1    Soaring / circling over Center St

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  2    As St

Downy Woodpecker  3

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  3

woodpecker sp.  1    sounded like a pileated, but we never saw it and a (silent) flicker showed up nearby the source of the sound

Eastern Wood-Pewee  3

Alder Flycatcher  5

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher)  1

Eastern Phoebe  3

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  6

Yellow-throated Vireo  2    S J B Little Rd, East end of Ash St Swamp

Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

crow sp.  3

Tree Swallow  25

Barn Swallow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

House Wren  2

Marsh Wren  8

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Eastern Bluebird  1

Veery  4

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  8

Gray Catbird  6

Cedar Waxwing  3

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  3

Swamp Sparrow  9

Eastern Towhee  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  25

Brown-headed Cowbird  1    1 young bird begging and then being fed by an oven bird adult smaller than it; just right of the gate when entering from N J B Little Rd

Common Grackle  5

Ovenbird  1    feeding a young brown-headed cowbird that was larger than it; just right of the gate when entering from N J B Little Rd

Common Yellowthroat  3

Yellow Warbler  3

Pine Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58212898