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Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 10, 2016 6:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC – Marblehead Neck Sanctuary – Leader: Linda Ferraresso – 46 degrees and sunny to start, was 60 degrees when we ended.  Birds got more active as the temperature rose.
48 species

Mallard  8
Ruffed Grouse  1     female – seen by one member of the party in the parking lot at 6:06 a.m.
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Green Heron  1     front pond
Herring Gull  4
Chimney Swift  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Least Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue-headed Vireo  8     probably undercounted, seemed to be everywhere
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  2
Tree Swallow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  12
Tufted Titmouse  5
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
House Wren  8     probably undercounted – were heard in every area of the sanctuary
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  6
Ovenbird  2
Northern Waterthrush  6
Black-and-white Warbler  15     probably undercounted
Nashville Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
Northern Parula  6
Magnolia Warbler  2
Yellow Warbler  4
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Palm Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  11
Black-throated Green Warbler  5
Wilson’s Warbler  1
White-throated Sparrow  8
Song Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  2
Northern Cardinal  5
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Grackle  9
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Baltimore Oriole  2
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  9
House Sparrow  2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S29704605

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