Crane Pond WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 9, 2019 7:00 AM – 10:09 AM
Comments:    BBC trip – first part; forest road and its offshoot paths
43 species (+1 other taxa)
Wood Duck  3
Mourning Dove  3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Common Gallinule  1
Great Blue Heron  25
Great Egret  4
hawk sp.  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  4
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  4
Eastern Kingbird  6
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Tree Swallow  10
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  1
House Wren  1
Marsh Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Eastern Bluebird  2
Veery  7
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  1
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  2
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  5
Ovenbird  7
Common Yellowthroat  2
Yellow Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  2
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57252114
Crane Pond WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 9, 2019 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Comments:    BBC trip – 2nd part; J.B. Little Road south of the water flow
35 species (+1 other taxa)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  6
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Empidonax sp.  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  3
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  1
Tree Swallow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
House Wren  1
Marsh Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Eastern Bluebird  2
Veery  1
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  4
Cedar Waxwing  1
American Goldfinch  5
Swamp Sparrow  2
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  3
Ovenbird  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
House Sparrow  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57252126
Center St. Marsh, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 9, 2019 11:00 AM – 11:35 AM
Comments:    BBC trip – third part
10 species
Black-billed Cuckoo  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Green Heron  3
Turkey Vulture  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
Tree Swallow  5
Marsh Wren  3
Red-winged Blackbird  15
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57252129

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