Crooked Pond to Plum Island 4/3
From Christopher Ciccone:
Good Morning Massbirders,
Apologize for the late post. This past Saturday 5 birders joined me on a BBC walk starting at Bald Hill Reservation, continuing to Ipswich River Sanctuary, then on to Plum Island. In a little under 4 hours we totaled about 54 species (if memory serves correctly). Highlights of the trip included Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and singing Eastern Phoebes at Bald-hill Reservation, Northern Flickers everywhere, singing Winter Wren and Brown Creeper at Ipswich River, and Blue-winged Teal, Snowy Owl, and Hermit Thrushes at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. Probably incomplete list (in no particular order) follows:
Bald Hill Reservation: Didn't go too far in, although not as flooded as expected after last week's rains.
Biggest surprise was the lack of any Winter Wrens!
Black-capped Chickadees
Tufted Titmouse
Eastern Phoebe
American Goldfinch
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Mallard
Canada Goose
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pine Warbler
Red-winged Blackbird
CommonGrackle
Ipswich River MAS: Flooding there was more expected
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Eastern Phoebe
Mourning Dove
Tree Swallow
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Brown Creeper
Mallard
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Red-tailed Hawk
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Jay
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown Headed Cowbird
American Crow
Parker River NWR and Newburyport: Stopped across from airfield to look for the reported Upland Sandpiper with no luck
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Mallard
Black Duck
Turkey Vulture
Snowy Owl
Osprey
Wilson's Snipe
Ring-billed Gulls
Herring Gulls
Great Black-backed Gulls
Mourning Dove
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swalllow
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush (two quietly working through the pines trail)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Purple Finch
Sing Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbirds
Common Grackles
Brown-headed Cowbirds
And throughout the day, and traveling between locations we also saw:
Red-tailed Hawks
Cooper's Hawks
American Kestrel
Oh yeah... and
Rock Pigeons
Starlings
House Sparrows
Cheers,
Good Morning Massbirders,
Apologize for the late post. This past Saturday 5 birders joined me on a BBC walk starting at Bald Hill Reservation, continuing to Ipswich River Sanctuary, then on to Plum Island. In a little under 4 hours we totaled about 54 species (if memory serves correctly). Highlights of the trip included Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and singing Eastern Phoebes at Bald-hill Reservation, Northern Flickers everywhere, singing Winter Wren and Brown Creeper at Ipswich River, and Blue-winged Teal, Snowy Owl, and Hermit Thrushes at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. Probably incomplete list (in no particular order) follows:
Bald Hill Reservation: Didn't go too far in, although not as flooded as expected after last week's rains.
Biggest surprise was the lack of any Winter Wrens!
Black-capped Chickadees
Tufted Titmouse
Eastern Phoebe
American Goldfinch
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Mallard
Canada Goose
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pine Warbler
Red-winged Blackbird
CommonGrackle
Ipswich River MAS: Flooding there was more expected
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Eastern Phoebe
Mourning Dove
Tree Swallow
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Brown Creeper
Mallard
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Red-tailed Hawk
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Jay
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown Headed Cowbird
American Crow
Parker River NWR and Newburyport: Stopped across from airfield to look for the reported Upland Sandpiper with no luck
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Mallard
Black Duck
Turkey Vulture
Snowy Owl
Osprey
Wilson's Snipe
Ring-billed Gulls
Herring Gulls
Great Black-backed Gulls
Mourning Dove
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swalllow
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush (two quietly working through the pines trail)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Purple Finch
Sing Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbirds
Common Grackles
Brown-headed Cowbirds
And throughout the day, and traveling between locations we also saw:
Red-tailed Hawks
Cooper's Hawks
American Kestrel
Oh yeah... and
Rock Pigeons
Starlings
House Sparrows
Cheers,
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