Crane Beach and Trails, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 5, 2019 6:10 PM – 8:20 PM
Comments:    A family of 4 (with delightful boys aged 5 and 4) joined 4 others of us for our annual BBC evening walk at Crane Beach.  Alas, it was rather cold with a NE wind blowing off the water, the variety was low, and there were no special highlights beyond the nesting least terns and piping plovers.  We walked the beach but no dunes; all songbirds near gate and parking lot.  No swallows.  We did not stay late to listen for whips.
22 species
Mallard  2    pair in the ocean
Mourning Dove  1
Piping Plover  11    All adults; no nests seen.  Jeff Denoncour of TTOR staff told me they have counted AT LEAST 45 active pairs this year!
Sanderling  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  40    exact count; nothing else with this flock
Willet (Eastern)  1
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  45
Great Black-backed Gull  12
Least Tern  125    Estimate–a big colony.  Not a large number for this site.  One bird seen on nest.  No other terns seen.
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Gray Catbird  1
American Robin  1
Song Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  2
Orchard Oriole  1    adult male at gate
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Common Grackle  3
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow Warbler  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58877668

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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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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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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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