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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

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

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