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Nahant–Audubon Thicket, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 21, 2018 7:15 AM – 9:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Brookline Bird Club Trip.  sunny, NWwind 12mph, 50-55F.   recently reported Bullocks Oriole present.
29 species

Mallard  3
Double-crested Cormorant  4     flying
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Herring Gull  8
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Mourning Dove  5
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1     heard
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
American Crow  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  1     heard
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5
Hermit Thrush  2
American Robin  3
European Starling  7
White-throated Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  7
Bullock’s Oriole  1     continuing male in adult plumage. photos. black upperparts, eyeline, throat. broad white patch on upper wing. orange-yellow underparts.
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Rusty Blackbird  1
Common Grackle  4
House Finch  7
Purple Finch  1
American Goldfinch  6
House Sparrow  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45380059

Nahant Stump Dump/Heritage Trail, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 21, 2018 9:45 AM – 10:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.6 mile(s)
Comments:     Brookline Bird Club trip
24 species

Double-crested Cormorant  5
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Herring Gull  6
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Mourning Dove  6
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
American Crow  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  1
Carolina Wren  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  8
Chipping Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle  8
House Finch  2
House Sparrow  10     estimate

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45380063

Nahant–Bailey’s Hill Park, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 21, 2018 11:20 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.4 mile(s)
Comments:     Brookline Bird Club trip
19 species

Brant  42
Common Eider  25
Surf Scoter  15
White-winged Scoter  2
Bufflehead  6
Red-breasted Merganser  28
Common Loon  2
Horned Grebe  7     breeding plumage
Northern Harrier  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Herring Gull  8
Iceland Gull  1
Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Phoebe  11     some near shoreline feeding on insects associated with seaweed.
Barn Swallow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Winter Wren  1     heard singing full song.
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Song Sparrow  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45380065

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Nahant–Northern Shore, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 21, 2018 12:00 PM – 12:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.1 mile(s)
Comments:     Brookline Bird Club Trip
5 species

Common Eider  4
White-winged Scoter  6
Herring Gull  9
American Crow  3
Chipping Sparrow  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45380070

 

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