Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 8, 2018 6:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     43 degrees, dense fog.  Felt more like a mid/late April morning.
26 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  2
Mallard  3
American Oystercatcher  1     flyover, heard only – surprise of the morning
gull sp.  3
Mourning Dove  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  7
Black-capped Chickadee  10
Tufted Titmouse  5
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
House Wren  4     males; probably some females we did not see
Gray Catbird  7
Ovenbird  3
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
Northern Parula  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
White-throated Sparrow  5
Eastern Towhee  1
Northern Cardinal  8
Baltimore Oriole  2
Red-winged Blackbird  1
American Goldfinch  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45939174

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