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

May 10, 2025 3:49 PM – 6:12 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk led by Ben Peters

46 species

Canada Goose  9

Mute Swan  1

Wood Duck  1

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  30

American Herring Gull  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  2

Blue Jay  2

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Tufted Titmouse  5

Tree Swallow  30

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Barn Swallow (American)  10

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Northern House Wren  3

Marsh Wren  4

Gray Catbird  6

Swainson’s Thrush  1

Wood Thrush  3

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  8

American Goldfinch  1

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  3

Swamp Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  16

Common Grackle  7

Ovenbird  2

Common Yellowthroat  2

Northern Parula  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  3

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S237076628

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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