Newburyport & vicinity, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Mar 22, 2025 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
25.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Cashman Park, Salisbury Beach, Parker River NWR, Scotland Road, Cherry Hill Reservoir, West Newbury
64 species
Brant 5
Canada Goose 250
Mute Swan 8
Wood Duck 5
Gadwall 10
Mallard 72
American Black Duck 65
Green-winged Teal 11
Ring-necked Duck 2
Greater Scaup 4
Common Eider 13
Surf Scoter 35
White-winged Scoter 12
Black Scoter 40
Long-tailed Duck 8
Bufflehead 19
Common Goldeneye 3
Hooded Merganser 6
Common Merganser 17
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Ruddy Duck 10
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 25
Mourning Dove 40
American Coot 1
Killdeer 8
Wilson’s Snipe 3
Ring-billed Gull 36
American Herring Gull 56
Great Black-backed Gull 13
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 1
Red-necked Grebe 1
Common Loon 7
Great Cormorant 2
Great Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 18
Bald Eagle 10
Red-tailed Hawk 15 Multiple locations throughout the day
Long-eared Owl 1 Continuing bird at known roost site
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 9
Hairy Woodpecker 2
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 26
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 3
Tree Swallow 37 Early
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 90
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 30
Cedar Waxwing 13
House Sparrow 65
American Goldfinch 11
Snow Bunting 8 Late?
Song Sparrow 32
Red-winged Blackbird 175
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 150
Northern Cardinal 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S221887873
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Upcoming Field Trips
Horn Pond, Woburn (RESCHEDULED to 4/19)
Woburn - Horn Pond - Sturgis St 98 Sturgis St, Woburn, MA, United StatesThis trip has been rescheduled to April 19 due to weather.
Birding Sketch Crawl–Spring Series
Leader's ChoiceCome and bird/sketch favorite patches around Essex and Middlesex counties. All artistic levels welcomed. Contact leader for details. Call or email no later than April 10.
Woodcocks of Rock Meadow (New Date, Rescheduled from 4/5)
Belmont - Rock Meadow 300 Mill St, Belmont, MA, United StatesCome enjoy the warming evenings at scenic Rock Meadow, which each year plays host to courting American Woodcocks, with the males engaging in their spiraling sky-dance flights above the fields.
Mass. Audubon Boston Nature Center (CANCELED)
Mattapan - MAS Boston Nature Center 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan, MA, United StatesThis trips has been canceled due to anticipated poor trail conditions. Please keep an eye out for future trips sponsored by Audubon's BNC.
Horn Pond Woburn
Woburn - Horn Pond - Sturgis St 98 Sturgis St, Woburn, MA, United StatesCo-sponsored with Menotomy Bird Club. Join us as we search a different patch of Horn Pond for early spring migrants - particularly Pine, Palm, and Yellow-rumped Warblers, but there may also be phoebes, several sparrows, kinglets and thrushes. Or, let's find a surprise.