Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

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

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

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