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
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