Martin Burns WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 23, 2019 6:30 AM – 11:05 AM
Comments:    Mostly cloudy initially and changing to partly sunny at times. Temps 54-64 degrees with winds South 6-9 mph. With Brookline Bird Club walk led by Linda Ferraresso.
59 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  1
Wood Duck  1
Mourning Dove  5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1    Heard near parking area
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Virginia Rail  1    Heard by a few in group
Great Blue Heron  6    3 adults and 3 chicks in Rookery
Great Egret  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1    Seen by a few in group
hawk sp.  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1    Seen by several in group
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Olive-sided Flycatcher  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  4
Least Flycatcher  1
Empidonax sp.  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  2    singing and seen
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  4
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tree Swallow  4
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
House Wren  1    Singing near entrance to WMA
Carolina Wren  1
Gray Catbird  12
American Robin  7
American Goldfinch  3
Chipping Sparrow  7
Field Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  17
Orchard Oriole  1    Seen by at least one in group
Baltimore Oriole  8
Red-winged Blackbird  9
Brown-headed Cowbird  8
Common Grackle  5
Ovenbird  18
Blue-winged Warbler  4
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Mourning Warbler  1    Seen by a couple people in group
Common Yellowthroat  12
American Redstart  10
Northern Parula  1
Magnolia Warbler  3
Yellow Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  3
Prairie Warbler  3
Canada Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  4
Northern Cardinal  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58877708

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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