Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 2, 2017 6:35 AM – 10:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC walk with 3 participants who braved the rain .  It was 48 degrees and downright chilly but the birding was very good. The Black and White Warbler show was fantastic.
41 species

Mallard  4
Common Loon  1     On the drive into the Sanctuary
Great Egret  1     Fly over
Mourning Dove  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
Blue-headed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  8
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  4
Carolina Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  10
Hermit Thrush  1
Gray Catbird  8
Ovenbird  7
Northern Waterthrush  3
Black-and-white Warbler  30     Probably undercounted-they were everywhere
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  1
Northern Parula  5
Yellow Warbler  5
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  8
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
White-throated Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  3
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Common Grackle  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  6
House Sparrow  4

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36570227

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