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

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Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

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