Martin H. Burns Wildlife Management Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 27, 2025 6:45 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Walked the loop clock-wise. Led BBC walk.
45 species
Canada Goose 1
Mourning Dove 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Interacting with an Osprey.
Belted Kingfisher 1 Heard flying overhead before walk started.
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Posibly two. Shortly after we started the loop, I heard the “quick, three-beers” song in the distance. Latter on, just before we got to the gun range, we watched this bird for 5 minutes. It was perched on a snag, silently darting out after prey.
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Heard singing, “three-eight, three-eight” slowly. Behind the garage before the walk started.
Eastern Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Tree Swallow 1
Gray Catbird 8
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 3
Cedar Waxwing 10
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 6
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 2
Ovenbird 4
Blue-winged Warbler 4
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
American Redstart 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Northern Yellow Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286781150
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