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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