Bald Hill Conservation Area–Crooked Pond, Essex, Massachusetts, US
08-Apr-2023 07:08 – 09:53
Protocol: Traveling
1.86 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    35-40 degrees, windy, extensive beaver activity has flooded many areas and decreased water levels in a number of streams.
27 species
Canada Goose  1
Wood Duck  2
Hooded Merganser  2
Great Blue Heron  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  8
Blue-headed Vireo  2    Early, seen and heard by many
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  6
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  9
Brown Creeper  8
Winter Wren  1
Eastern Bluebird  1
Hermit Thrush  2
American Robin  3
American Goldfinch  3
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Song Sparrow  3
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Common Grackle  3
Pine Warbler  6
Northern Cardinal  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S133213130

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