Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 3, 2016 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Marblehead Neck Sanctuary – Leader: Linda Ferraresso – 44 degrees, rain
26 species
Mallard 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Herring Gull 2
Mourning Dove 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 5
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 4
House Wren 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 5
Northern Waterthrush 1 front pond
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 15
House Sparrow X
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