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
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