Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 9, 2017 6:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC walk started sunny and 39 degrees, 49 when we ended. Very quiet to start, but song picked up when it started to warm up.
33 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard 3
Common Loon 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
gull sp. 5
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Merlin 1 Perched, seen well by the group and Jan Smith
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 4
Carolina Wren 1 Heard by Jan Smith
Wood Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 8
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 5
American Goldfinch 6
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36775064
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