Eastern Point–General Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 11, 2025 6:52 AM – 12:06 PM

Protocol: Traveling

3.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Very windy found pockets of warblers and other migrants, very successful outing The Merlin app also picked up Prairie Warbler and Canada Warbler, but we could find them.

70 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  7

Lesser Scaup  2

Common Eider  5

Red-breasted Merganser  2

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Killdeer  1

Least Sandpiper  4

peep sp.  13

American Herring Gull  10

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Common Loon  1

Double-crested Cormorant  15

Great Egret  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Bald Eagle  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue-headed Vireo  5

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  3

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  5

Tree Swallow  2

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3

Barn Swallow  8

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren  5

Carolina Wren  7

European Starling  3

Gray Catbird  24

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  4

House Finch  6

American Goldfinch  10

Chipping Sparrow  5

Field Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  3

Baltimore Oriole  12

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  6

Common Grackle  10

Ovenbird  6

Northern Waterthrush  2

Black-and-white Warbler  9

Tennessee Warbler  1

Nashville Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  1

Cape May Warbler  4

Northern Parula  14

Magnolia Warbler  5

Bay-breasted Warbler  2

Blackburnian Warbler  2

Yellow Warbler  6

Chestnut-sided Warbler  3

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Black-throated Blue Warbler  3

Yellow-rumped Warbler  5

Black-throated Green Warbler  13

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  7

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S237070026

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

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It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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Upcoming Field Trips

  • Evening Walk at Minute Man NHP

    This area is great for late migrants and nesting species. Baltimore Oriole, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Cedar Waxwing are regulars. Alder Flycatcher and Common Nighthawks are possible. This is a one-mile walk on paved paths and boardwalk. Insect repellent suggested.

  • Dunback Meadow, Lexington

    Our target birds will be late migrants including Mourning Warbler and flycatchers. Be prepared to walk three to five miles. Cosponsored with Menotomy Bird Club.

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