Ipswich 2/15

From Jim Berry:

Location: Ipswich, Mass.
Observation date: 2/15/10, 0800-1230
Notes: BBC morning trip to various spots in and near Ipswich. We stopped at the Ipswich River downtown, the Town Farm at the edge of the salt marsh, and the Appleton Farm Grass Rides, a forest tract with many old grassy carriage trails. Two of the group glimpsed a probable barred owl in a hemlock stand in the Grass Rides where I have often seen them in previous winters.
Number of species: 31

Canada Goose 70
American Black Duck 15+
Mallard 47+
Bufflehead 1 f in Ipswich River downtown
Common Merganser 2 (pr) in Ipswich River downtown
Red-tailed Hawk 3 all adults
Peregrine Falcon 1 (seen in flight by folks in two of the cars)
Ring-billed Gull x
Herring Gull 50+
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Mourning Dove 9
Owl (sp.) 1 almost certainly barred
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 6
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 15
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 conifer grove in Appleton Farm Grass Rides
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 conifer grove in Appleton Farm Grass Rides
Eastern Bluebird 5
American Robin 40
European Starling ~400
Cedar Waxwing 4
American Tree Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird ~120 one flock at edge of salt marsh, about 10% female; males were singing, so these birds were probably early migrants
Brown-headed Cowbird 6 3 males and 3 females with the redwings; no grackles seen
House Sparrow 3