Martin Burns WMA, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 23, 2019 6:30 AM – 11:05 AM

Comments:    Mostly cloudy initially and changing to partly sunny at times. Temps 54-64 degrees with winds South 6-9 mph. With Brookline Bird Club walk led by Linda Ferraresso.

59 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  1

Wood Duck  1

Mourning Dove  5

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1    Heard near parking area

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Virginia Rail  1    Heard by a few in group

Great Blue Heron  6    3 adults and 3 chicks in Rookery

Great Egret  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Sharp-shinned Hawk  1    Seen by a few in group

hawk sp.  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1    Seen by several in group

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Olive-sided Flycatcher  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  4

Least Flycatcher  1

Empidonax sp.  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Yellow-throated Vireo  2    singing and seen

Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tree Swallow  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

House Wren  1    Singing near entrance to WMA

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  12

American Robin  7

American Goldfinch  3

Chipping Sparrow  7

Field Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  17

Orchard Oriole  1    Seen by at least one in group

Baltimore Oriole  8

Red-winged Blackbird  9

Brown-headed Cowbird  8

Common Grackle  5

Ovenbird  18

Blue-winged Warbler  4

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Mourning Warbler  1    Seen by a couple people in group

Common Yellowthroat  12

American Redstart  10

Northern Parula  1

Magnolia Warbler  3

Yellow Warbler  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  3

Prairie Warbler  3

Canada Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  4

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

Indigo Bunting  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58877708