Martin Burns WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 9, 2019 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Comments:    BBC walk, started 55 degrees and sunny, 14 participants.  Noted absence of Prairie warblers
43 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  5    2 adults, 3 young
Wood Duck  1    Female
Mourning Dove  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1    Flyover
Great Blue Heron  9    2 young
Osprey  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  5
Alder Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  1
Tree Swallow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
House Wren  1
Marsh Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Gray Catbird  8
Cedar Waxwing  7
American Goldfinch  8
Chipping Sparrow  3
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  9
Eastern Towhee  16
Baltimore Oriole  11
Red-winged Blackbird  26
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle  2
Ovenbird  2
Blue-winged Warbler  5
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  19
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  6    Known to nest here
Indigo Bunting  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57252099

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