Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US
14-May-2023 06:27 – 11:33
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Mid 50s – 60 clear Sunny light breeze in the morning, but getting breezy towards noon. Great day for warblers! 7 maybe 8 Blackburnian warblers seen well in multiple places as we walked 4 mile route. Little overlap in route.
76 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  6
Mallard  2
American Black Duck  1
Common Eider  24
Wild Turkey  2
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  1
Black-bellied Plover  2
Killdeer  1
Least Sandpiper  15
Spotted Sandpiper  5
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Bonaparte’s Gull  1    Adult breeding plumage
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  1
Iceland Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  30
Glossy Ibis  1
Osprey  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Peregrine Falcon  1    Perched on tower by Lighthouse. Seemed to be eating.
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  4
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
House Wren  4
Carolina Wren  3
European Starling  1
Gray Catbird  25
Northern Mockingbird  3
Catharus sp.  1
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  X
House Sparrow  1
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  5
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Baltimore Oriole  2
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
Common Grackle  3
Ovenbird  3
Black-and-white Warbler  6
Nashville Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  10
American Redstart  4    All sub adult- yellowstarts
Northern Parula  15
Magnolia Warbler  9
Blackburnian Warbler  7
Yellow Warbler  10
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  4
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  4
Black-throated Green Warbler  10
Wilson’s Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S137920157