GMNWR, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

14-May-2023 05:30 – 08:32

Protocol: Traveling

0.9 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip.  Numbers are estimates.  Some passerine species have high numbers, but they might actually be undercounts.  The calm and cool morning brought out plenty of bird song and activity and made it easier to here.  Unless there was a new species or a obvious increase in numbers (e.g. barn swallows by bridge), species counts are only for the walk out, not back.

48 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  13

Mute Swan  3

Wood Duck  8

Mallard  7

Mourning Dove  2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3    might have been more.  lots of honeysuckle in bloom.  Of those seen well enough to determine, all were males

Virginia Rail  4    all heard but not seen

Spotted Sandpiper  3

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Blue Heron  4

Green Heron  6    seen in flight at different times and locations

Northern Harrier  1    flying over marsh.  upset many blackbirds w

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  5

Willow Flycatcher  6    all identified based on call.  often calling from around the border of the marsh and the trees.  at least one couple seemed to be paired up

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  7

Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  1

crow sp.  2    silent; flying at a distance

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  8

Barn Swallow  15

Marsh Wren  4

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  10

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  3

House Sparrow  6

American Goldfinch  15

Chipping Sparrow  2

Savannah Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  12

Swamp Sparrow  14

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  75

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  10

Northern Waterthrush  3

Common Yellowthroat  15

Yellow Warbler  20

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S137739160