Appleton Farms (TTOR), Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 1, 2026 8:20 AM – 11:13 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.082 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club “Bring Back Bobolinks” trip to Appleton Farms including birding walk, focused on bobolinks, and nature journaling and sketching discussion. Cold, gray start gradually improving through 3 hour period.
(Flycatcher sp confirmed as olive sided flycatcher)
51 species
Canada Goose 1
Blue-winged Teal 1
Mallard 2
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 7
Killdeer 3
American Herring Gull 2
Glossy Ibis 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 7
Eastern Kingbird 5
Eastern Warbling Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Tree Swallow 9
Barn Swallow 11
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 13
American Robin 2
Cedar Waxwing 1
House Sparrow 8
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 11
Chipping Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
Bobolink 17
Baltimore Oriole 5
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 4
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Yellow Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S351746448
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