Crane Pond WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jul 1, 2018 6:50 AM – 8:09 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.7 mile(s)
Comments: Mostly sunny and 75-78 degrees. Winds NNW 5 mph. Very humid and many bothersome mosquitoes and deer flies on the walk. Forest St entrance. With Brookline Bird Club trip led by Zack Weber.
31 species (+1 other taxa)
Wood Duck 4
Great Blue Heron 4 Adult with young on nest
Great Egret 3
hawk sp. 1 Too brief of a look to ID. Probably a Red Tailed Hawk.
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 2
Tree Swallow 7
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Veery 2
Gray Catbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 2
Ovenbird 8 Watched a young Ovenbird clumsily flying low to the ground followed by an adult.
Northern Waterthrush 1
Pine Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47242218
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Crane Pond WMA–J.B. Little Rd., Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jul 1, 2018 8:24 AM – 9:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.22 mile(s)
Comments: Mostly sunny , 80 degrees and humid. Winds WSW 9 mph. With Brookline Bird Club walk led by Zack Weber.
34 species
Wood Duck 2
Green Heron 1
Mourning Dove 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
House Wren 1
Veery 1
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow Warbler 3
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Seen by Ava
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 3 Watched large juvenile begging from adult
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47242217
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Center St. Marsh, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jul 1, 2018 9:12 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
Comments: Mostly sunny, 82 degrees and humid. With Brookline Bird Club walk led by Zack Weber.
19 species
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 2
Virginia Rail 2 Heard clicking and eventually we all had good looks at the Rail as it walked among the cat-tails
Mourning Dove 6
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
Tree Swallow 3
Marsh Wren 6 Probably many more
Cedar Waxwing 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47242215
Crane Pond WMA–Ash St. Swamp, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jul 1, 2018 10:05 AM – 10:52 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.4 mile(s)
Comments: Mostly sunny and 84 degrees. Winds W 4 mph. Humid. With Brookline Bird Club walk led by Zack Weber.
25 species (+1 other taxa)
Wood Duck 3
Great Blue Heron 1 flyover as we were leaving
Green Heron 6 Very active. Green Herons were perched in trees, fishing from logs and flying throughout the marsh, giving us great looks.
Herring Gull 1
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Empidonax sp. 1 Distant looks perched in tree. Possibly a Willow Flycatcher but it did not sing.
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 It may have entered a nest site but we could not confirm for certain.
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 6 Probably many more in the distance
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Gray Catbird 3
Cedar Waxwing 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 4
Baltimore Oriole 2 Seen by Ava
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47242219
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