GMNWR, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
14-May-2023 05:30 – 08:32
Protocol: Traveling
0.9 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip.  Numbers are estimates.  Some passerine species have high numbers, but they might actually be undercounts.  The calm and cool morning brought out plenty of bird song and activity and made it easier to here.  Unless there was a new species or a obvious increase in numbers (e.g. barn swallows by bridge), species counts are only for the walk out, not back.
48 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  13
Mute Swan  3
Wood Duck  8
Mallard  7
Mourning Dove  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3    might have been more.  lots of honeysuckle in bloom.  Of those seen well enough to determine, all were males
Virginia Rail  4    all heard but not seen
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  4
Green Heron  6    seen in flight at different times and locations
Northern Harrier  1    flying over marsh.  upset many blackbirds w
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  5
Willow Flycatcher  6    all identified based on call.  often calling from around the border of the marsh and the trees.  at least one couple seemed to be paired up
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  7
Warbling Vireo  2
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  1
crow sp.  2    silent; flying at a distance
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  1
Tree Swallow  8
Barn Swallow  15
Marsh Wren  4
European Starling  2
Gray Catbird  10
Northern Mockingbird  2
Eastern Bluebird  2
American Robin  3
House Sparrow  6
American Goldfinch  15
Chipping Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  12
Swamp Sparrow  14
Baltimore Oriole  2
Red-winged Blackbird  75
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  10
Northern Waterthrush  3
Common Yellowthroat  15
Yellow Warbler  20
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S137739160

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