Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 29, 2025 6:19 AM – 8:49 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.082 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC walk – 52 degrees at start and slow to start. As it warmed up, lots more bird action.
36 species
Mallard 3
Red-breasted Merganser 1 Flyover
Wild Turkey 2
Mourning Dove 3
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 1 Continuing at front pond. Photo compliments of MaryEllen Dolan
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Downy Woodpecker 5
Blue-headed Vireo 2
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 4
Carolina Wren 5
Gray Catbird 1
Veery 1
Hermit Thrush 5
American Goldfinch 4
White-throated Sparrow 8
Eastern Towhee 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 5
Ovenbird 3 Accurate count.
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Parula 7
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 7
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S231714135
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