Eastern Point–General Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 19, 2019 6:37 AM – 11:07 AM
Comments:    trip sponsored by Brookline Bird Club with John Nelson as leader
61 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  4
Mallard  4
Common Eider  15
Wild Turkey  1
Mourning Dove  2
Semipalmated Plover  6
Semipalmated Sandpiper  6
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Great Egret  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  3
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Empidonax sp.  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  6
Fish Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  12
Tree Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
House Wren  3
Carolina Wren  4
European Starling  10
Gray Catbird  15
Northern Mockingbird  1
Swainson’s Thrush  1
American Robin  2
Cedar Waxwing  1
House Sparrow  2
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  3
Baltimore Oriole  6
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Common Grackle  10
Ovenbird  3
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  8
American Redstart  3
Northern Parula  12
Magnolia Warbler  6
Bay-breasted Warbler  2
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  10
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  0
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  0
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59037893

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