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

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

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ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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