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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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ANNUAL REPORT 2002

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ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

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ANNUAL REPORT 1999

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ANNUAL REPORT 1998

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ANNUAL REPORT 2003

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ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

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ANNUAL REPORT 1999

1999 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1999, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 241 reported trips. A total of 271 trips were scheduled, 69 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1998

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