Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

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

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