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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Plum Island
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Barretts Mill Farmland
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Hellcat at Parker River NWR
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Arlington Reservoir
Lexington - Arlington Reservoir 210 Lowell Street, Arlington, MA, United StatesIn the fall water levels are lowered creating good conditions for ducks and shorebirds. We will also visit the adjacent Lexington community farm. Birds are found feasting on the remains of the crops planted there. We will walk about a mile on wide paths and some uneven ground (possibly muddy). Note that the reservoir area [...]
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Fruitlands Museum, Harvard
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