Martin H. Burns Wildlife Management Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 26, 2021 6:50 AM – 10:05 AM
Checklist Comments:    Sunny, 64 degrees to start, 79 to end. Walked the whole loop counterclockwise.  Led BBC trip.
42 species
Mallard  1
Mourning Dove  7
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1    Heard.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  6    4 flyovers, 2 on meats.
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Olive-sided Flycatcher  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  4
Eastern Kingbird  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Tree Swallow  6
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Gray Catbird  9
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  12
Cedar Waxwing  9
American Goldfinch  9
Chipping Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  7
Baltimore Oriole  6
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle  5
Ovenbird  6
Blue-winged Warbler  6
Common Yellowthroat  8
Yellow Warbler  6
Chestnut-sided Warbler  3
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97407619

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