Martin Burns WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 15, 2016 11:15 AM – 1:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC – Newburyport and Vicinity – Leader: Zack Weber – multiple locations – yellow-shafted flicker was most significant bird seen by the group between destinations
36 species (+1 other taxa)

Great Blue Heron  7
Turkey Vulture  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
hawk sp.  1
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  2
Tree Swallow  30
Barn Swallow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2     building a nest not far from the park entrance
American Robin  7
Gray Catbird  12
Blue-winged Warbler  2
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  8
American Redstart  4
Northern Parula  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  6
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  3
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3
Indigo Bunting  2
Baltimore Oriole  12

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S29704627

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