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Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 12, 2024 8:03 AM – 12:03 PM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club Birding Sketchcrawl Trip – Autumn Series. Mostly sunny, mid-60s, breezy.

26 species

Canada Goose  6

Wood Duck  7

Mallard  37

Mourning Dove  5

Great Blue Heron  2

Turkey Vulture  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  18

Black-capped Chickadee  45

Tufted Titmouse  23

White-breasted Nuthatch  12

European Starling  30

Gray Catbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  16

American Robin  10

House Sparrow  33

American Goldfinch  6

Dark-eyed Junco  3

White-throated Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Common Grackle  13

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S199694715

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Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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  • Parker River Marsh Cruise

    Newburyport - Yankee Clipper Tours Waterfront Promenade Park, 36 Merrimac Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Explore Parker River National Wildlife Refuge from a new perspective on a cruise through the Parker River marshes! Join us on the Yankee Clipper docked in Newburyport Harbor for a leisurely cruise through the Refuge. Enjoy close views of shorebirds, gulls, terns, and Saltmarsh Sparrows on this tour. Group discount tickets are available by registering

  • Great Meadows NWR, Concord

    Concord - Great Meadows Concord Unit, Entrance Rd, Concord, MA, United States

    We will walk slowly along the dike looking for rails, shorebirds, and wading birds. The we will continue to an adjacent site where we have permission to enter private property, to look for Night-Herons. On our return, we will look for migrating Common Nighthawks! Note that entrance fee or pass is required. Loaner binoculars available;

  • Early migrants at Drumlin Farm and Van Leer Swamp

    Lincoln - Drumlin Farm 208 S Great Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States

    Join us for a late summer bird walk at Drumlin Farm and Van Leer Swamp, two hotspots in Lincoln where early spring migrants often show up. We expect to see Killdeers, Indigo Buntings, several species of raptors, and hopefully a variety of early migrant Warblers. If we are lucky, we might find a Waterthrush at

  • Shorebirds, Herons, Swallows, & More at Parker River NWR

    Parker River NWR - Lot #4 Newbury, MA, United States

    Shorebirds, Herons, & Swallows. Bring a chair, bug spray, and water. Trip runs until dark. Note that an entrance fee or pass is required. Restroom available.

  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #1)

    Hyannis - Pelagic - Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MA, United States

    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

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