Martin Burns WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 12, 2022 7:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk – 61 degrees,cloudy, light breeze.  Notably missing:  Prairie Warbler and Scarlet Tanager
41 species (+1 other taxa)
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
gull sp.  3
Great Blue Heron  11    4 nests, 3 with obvious young as well as 3 flyins
Turkey Vulture  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  5
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  8
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  3
Tree Swallow  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Gray Catbird  16
American Robin  4
American Goldfinch  15
Chipping Sparrow  5
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  11
Eastern Towhee  9
Baltimore Oriole  4
Red-winged Blackbird  9
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
Common Grackle  8
Ovenbird  14
Blue-winged Warbler  1    heard only
Common Yellowthroat  16
Yellow Warbler  6
Northern Cardinal  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  5
Indigo Bunting  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S112886971

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

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