Crane Beach, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 2, 2016 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Crane Beach – Leader: Jim Berry
33 species
Mallard 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Egret 1
Black-bellied Plover 5
Piping Plover 5
Willet 2
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 21
Ring-billed Gull 30
Herring Gull 90
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 100
Mourning Dove 1
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Eastern Whip-poor-will 5
Eastern Kingbird 4
Blue Jay 2
Purple Martin 2 First PUMAs to check out new martin gourds erected in 2015
Tree Swallow 2
Bank Swallow 4
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 14
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Purple Finch 1
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
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Avian influenza is an increasing public health concern and is spreading across Massachusetts. In the past few days we have heard reports of waterfowl die offs in Cambridge, Amherst, Plymouth and Brockton. If you see
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