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

Apr 27, 2025 9:31 AM – 2:55 PM

Protocol: Traveling

4.518 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Day after my BBC trip was rained out.

48 species

Canada Goose  5

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  6

American Black Duck  4

Mourning Dove  1

Greater Yellowlegs  9

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Egret  5

Bald Eagle  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Barred Owl  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  2

Pileated Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  4

American Kestrel  1

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  8

Tufted Titmouse  9

Tree Swallow  72

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  8

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  8

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3

Northern House Wren  2

Marsh Wren  4

Carolina Wren  1

Eastern Bluebird  3

American Robin  7

House Sparrow  1

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  2

White-throated Sparrow  5

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  8

Swamp Sparrow  5

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  17

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  9

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler  2

Palm Warbler  4

Pine Warbler  4

Yellow-rumped Warbler  14

Northern Cardinal  10

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S233014447

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