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/
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