Newburyport and vicinity, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Mar 16, 2024 9:09 AM – 6:21 PM

Protocol: Traveling

8.16 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club Vernal Equinox Walk Day List.

We started the trip at 9AM at Cashman Park and traveled to Salisbury Beach State Park, Newburyport, Plum Island, Littles Lane, Scotland Road, Cherry Hill Reservoir, West Newbury, River Road. We ended the trip at 6PM at Ash Street.

Weather: Sunny to Partly Cloudy. Temps 40°F to  54°F.

58 species

Canada Goose  280

Wood Duck  9

Gadwall  65

American Wigeon  12

Mallard  96

American Black Duck  34

Green-winged Teal  68

Ring-necked Duck  3

Greater Scaup  5

Common Eider  5

White-winged Scoter  180

Black Scoter  3

Long-tailed Duck  3

Bufflehead  28

Common Goldeneye  4

Hooded Merganser  9

Common Merganser  7

Red-breasted Merganser  5

Ruddy Duck  30

Horned Grebe  6

Mourning Dove  27

Killdeer  25

Pectoral Sandpiper  1    Continuing in fields along Littles Lane. Seen by others.

Ring-billed Gull  26

Herring Gull  10

Great Black-backed Gull  7

Common Loon  7

Turkey Vulture  1

Northern Harrier  2

Sharp-shinned Hawk  1

Bald Eagle  4

Red-tailed Hawk  4

Eastern Screech-Owl  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  7

Northern Flicker  2

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  88

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  11

Tufted Titmouse  5

Horned Lark  9

White-breasted Nuthatch  6

Carolina Wren  8

European Starling  14

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  13    Bluebirds seen throughout the day at various locations.

American Robin  23

House Sparrow  9

House Finch  18

American Goldfinch  1

Lapland Longspur  4

American Tree Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  31

Red-winged Blackbird  61

Common Grackle  73

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S165331242

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