Salem Woods, Essex, Massachusetts, US

04-Jun-2023 13:48 – 16:54

Protocol: Traveling

2.915 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club bird walk led by Shilo McDonald. Attended by Bruce, Sid and Michelle. Gray skies, occasional rain, 52 ºF.

25 species (+1 other taxa)

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  1    Heard only.

Herring Gull  3    Flying by.

hawk sp.  1    Being harassed by chickadees. Only caught a glimpse of the bird through the trees, as it flew away.

Downy Woodpecker  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Warbling Vireo  1    Heard only.

Red-eyed Vireo  1    Heard only.

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  6    including two young following and begging from their parents.

White-breasted Nuthatch  4    2 adults with 2 young.

Marsh Wren  2    Heard only. At the marsh overlook.

Carolina Wren  2    One singing. And one scolding.

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  2

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Swamp Sparrow  1    Heard only at the marsh overlook. Just once. A reedy trill.

Eastern Towhee  4    One female seen.

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Common Grackle  4

Common Yellowthroat  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S140766038