Martin Burns WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 26, 2022 6:40 AM – 9:43 AM

Checklist Comments:    Partly to mostly sunny 54-62 degrees with winds SSW 6 mph. With Brookline Bird Club walk led by Dave Williams. We walked from the main entrance and then continued around the trail loop clockwise. 11 participants.

37 species (+1 other taxa)

duck sp.  1    Flyover- probably Mallard

Mourning Dove  1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  4

Great Blue Heron  8    5 adults and 1 chick in nest at rookery. 2 more adults seen flying as we walked the trail

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  5    Heard in various locations along the trail

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  6

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3

House Wren  2    Singing near entrance buildings

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  16    Often seen in pairs

Eastern Bluebird  1

Wood Thrush  4    Heard singing and one on nest

American Robin  4

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  4

Swamp Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  3

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  7

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  4

Ovenbird  12

Blue-winged Warbler  9    All singing and 5 also seen. Three together chasing each other

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  11

Northern Parula  1

Yellow Warbler  2

Pine Warbler  2

Scarlet Tanager  1    Female

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S111467123