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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By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2015, the Brookline Bird Club listed 295 species of birds on 182 reported trips, six species less than last year. A total of 257 trips were scheduled, just two
Rusty Blackbird Blitz – Surveying Rusty Blackbirds in the Lynnfield Marsh IBA
Arthur C. Bent (in Life Histories of North American Blackbirds, Orioles, Tanagers and Allies, (New York: Dover, 1965), 294) described flocks of Rusty Blackbirds stretching as far as the eye could see that once migrated
Scholarship Report
The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute
Tips for inspiring Young Birders
The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
2014 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2014, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 218 reported trips.. A total of 259trips were scheduled, sixteen trips were
ANNUAL REPORT 2009
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By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2015, the Brookline Bird Club listed 295 species of birds on 182 reported trips, six species less than last year. A total of 257 trips were scheduled, just two
Rusty Blackbird Blitz – Surveying Rusty Blackbirds in the Lynnfield Marsh IBA
Arthur C. Bent (in Life Histories of North American Blackbirds, Orioles, Tanagers and Allies, (New York: Dover, 1965), 294) described flocks of Rusty Blackbirds stretching as far as the eye could see that once migrated
Scholarship Report
The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute
Tips for inspiring Young Birders
The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
2014 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2014, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 218 reported trips.. A total of 259trips were scheduled, sixteen trips were
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