Eastern Point–General Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 9, 2021 6:43 AM – 10:34 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.641 mile(s)
55 species
Canada Goose  1
Mallard  10
Common Eider  20
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Wild Turkey  2
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  1
Least Sandpiper  2
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  7
Great Blue Heron  1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  1    See by several but not all of group, longer legs
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Merlin  1
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  5
Tree Swallow  15
Barn Swallow  24
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  6
Carolina Wren  5
European Starling  8
Gray Catbird  26
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  2
House Sparrow  4
American Pipit  2    Feeding in seaweed on Brace Cove near the dike at Niles pond
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  8
Chipping Sparrow  6
White-throated Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  1
Baltimore Oriole  6
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Common Grackle  12
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
Northern Parula  3
Yellow Warbler  10
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  4
Northern Cardinal  7
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