Eastern Point–General Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 10, 2026 6:53 AM – 11:52 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.973 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Superb day on EP. Upper 50’s to low 60’s, very little wind, some fog and overcast that dissipated as the morning went on.
82 species (+1 other taxa)
Brant 7
Canada Goose 1
Mallard 22
American Black Duck 4
Common Eider 32
Surf Scoter 2
Black Scoter 1
Long-tailed Duck 1
Bufflehead 6
Wild Turkey 2
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 1
Killdeer 1
Semipalmated Plover 3
Least Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 6
American Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Common Loon 3
Northern Gannet 1
Double-crested Cormorant 22
Black-crowned Night Heron 1
Snowy Egret 1
Great Egret 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Merlin 1
falcon sp. 1
Least Flycatcher 7
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue-headed Vireo 7
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 9
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 3
Tree Swallow 18
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7
Barn Swallow 20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 6
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 20
Northern Mockingbird 3
Veery 2
American Robin 7
Cedar Waxwing 1
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 8
Chipping Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 1
Baltimore Oriole 7
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Common Grackle 12
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Nashville Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 5
Magnolia Warbler 3
Blackburnian Warbler 4
Northern Yellow Warbler 12
Chestnut-sided Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 6
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6
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