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

Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

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With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

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