Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2024 6:30 AM – 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.7 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC walk, light rain for the first 40 minutes, 47 degrees
34 species
Wood Duck 1 heard by Ruth Green
Mallard 12 includes 4 duckling
Wild Turkey 2
Herring Gull 2
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 2 nest building on the back trail
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 5
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 1
Hermit Thrush 5
American Robin 8
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6
Chipping Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171954997
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