Martin H. Burns Wildlife Management Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 25, 2017 7:05 AM – 9:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.75 mile(s)
Comments: Led BBC walk. 53 degrees and overcast to start, 53 degrees and light rain to end. Very quiet. No Black-billed cuckoos or Olive-sided flycatchers.
36 species (+1 other taxa)
Wood Duck 2
Great Blue Heron 7 In heron rookery.
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1
Mourning Dove 4
woodpecker sp. 1 Heard drumming.
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Wood Thrush 6 Great to hear so many. Some folks got good looks at two.
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 3
Cedar Waxwing 2
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 7
American Redstart 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 3
Scarlet Tanager 6 Conservative count heard singing.
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5 Conservative count heard singing.
Indigo Bunting 7
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Baltimore Oriole 5
American Goldfinch 4
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