Martin Burns WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 15, 2025 5:48 AM – 9:06 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC MARTIN BURNES TRIP – Leader: Melissa Sovay 

Quiet morning although a high migration overnight no major sign of movement on the walk.

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Overcast clouds – moderate rain

Temperature: 56 – 58°F

Wind: 3 – 6mph (4 – 10mph gusts)

Wind Direction: E

Cloud Cover: 100%

Humidity: 93 – 94%

Sunrise: 5:20am

Sunset: 7:59pm

Weather generated by <a href=”https://raincrow.app/”>RainCrow</a>

47 species (+2 other taxa)

Wood Duck  1

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1

Chimney Swift  1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4

Osprey (American)  2    Pair

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1    Railbed

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  1

Red-eyed Vireo  4

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Brown Creeper  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern)  4

Gray Catbird  26

Brown Thrasher  1

Catharus sp.  1    Possibly a Veery

Wood Thrush  6

American Robin  7

Cedar Waxwing  4

American Goldfinch  8

Chipping Sparrow  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Swamp Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  14

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  5

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2

Ovenbird  15

Blue-winged Warbler  5

Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)  1    Brief flight seen, BUT no good looks at the bird.  Susan and I have recordings of a Golden-winged Warbler. Tuesday I had recordings of a Blue-winged singing golden (but in a completely different area).

Black-and-white Warbler  3

Common Yellowthroat  11

Northern Parula  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  1

Prairie Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  2

Northern Cardinal  3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  10

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S238369729

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