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Bald Hill Reservation–Crooked Pond, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 8, 2017 7:00 AM – 9:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Partly to mostly sunny and 36-42 Degrees.
With Brookline Bird Club trip led by Zack Weber and Jim McCoy.
20 species (+1 other taxa)

Wood Duck  3
Mallard  3
Bufflehead  2
Turkey Vulture  2
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Accipiter sp.  1     One member of the group had a brief look at a small accipiter flying by. Probably a Sharp shinned Hawk.
Red-shouldered Hawk  1     A few of the early participants heard and saw Red Shouldered Hawk in the parking lot.
Ring-billed Gull  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1     Loud drumming
zjw edit: also called once in the distance (in direction of earlier drumming)
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  1
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Brown Creeper  2     At least two. Singing . One was seen.
Winter Wren  1     Heard partial song. Only a few were able to get a good look.
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Common Grackle  4
American Goldfinch  3

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35881934

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Bald Hill Reservation–Crooked Pond, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 8, 2017 7:25 AM – 9:23 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC trip co-lead with Jim McCoy.  Thanks to Randy Yuen for ebird note keeping.
20 species (+1 other taxa)

Wood Duck  3
Mallard  4
Bufflehead  3
Turkey Vulture  2
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  0     seen by some prior to official start of trip
Ring-billed Gull  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Brown Creeper  2
Winter Wren  1
American Robin  1
Red-winged Blackbird  1
blackbird sp.  2
American Goldfinch  2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35881938

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Essex County, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 8, 2017 9:23 AM – 10:27 AM
Protocol: Traveling
15.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC trip.  Misc birds seen between birding at Crooked Pond and JB Little Road
4 species

Mallard  3
American Crow  1
Eastern Bluebird  2
Song Sparrow  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35881937
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Crane Pond WMA–J.B. Little Rd., Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 8, 2017 10:28 AM – 12:48 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC trip co-lead with Jim McCoy
25 species

Canada Goose  7
Wood Duck  6
Mallard  5
Green-winged Teal  10
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Herring Gull  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  3
Winter Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Pine Warbler  1
Dark-eyed Junco  3
Song Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  2
American Goldfinch  2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35881935

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US-Massachusetts-Groveland-23-95 J B Little Road – 42.767x-70.988, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 8, 2017 10:39 AM – 12:39 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
18 species

Canada Goose  2
Wood Duck  6
Mallard  4
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  3
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Brown Creeper  4
Winter Wren  1     Good looks
Pine Warbler  2
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Song Sparrow  1
Common Grackle  3

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35881933

 

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

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