Martin Burns WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
11-Jun-2023 07:30 – 11:00
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip 60 degrees, partly sunny.    Other species sighted include Spotted Turtle, Tiger Swallowtail, Viceroy, Red spotted Purple, and Morning Cloak.  Also, had an unidentified raptor, photo has been sent out for help with identification.  Notable absences:  Indigo Bunting, Prairie Warbler, Field Sparrow and Chestnut-sided warbler – may be related to date (? birds on nest).
39 species (+1 other taxa)
Mourning Dove  3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1    heard only
Black-billed Cuckoo  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Killdeer  1
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Great Blue Heron  8
Turkey Vulture  5
hawk sp.  1
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Eastern Phoebe  2
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  9    including one nest with 3 nestlings; photo compliments of Ian McGeachie.
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  3
Tree Swallow  1
Gray Catbird  9
Wood Thrush  5
American Robin  6
Cedar Waxwing  14
American Goldfinch  7
Chipping Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  13    conservative count
Baltimore Oriole  3
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
Common Grackle  3
Ovenbird  12
Blue-winged Warbler  2    heard only
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  12
Yellow Warbler  4
Pine Warbler  2
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2    heard only
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S141586416

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