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

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

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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ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

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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ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

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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