Manchester 5/1

From Susan Hedman:

Location: Manchester MA 01944  Observation date: 5/1/11 5-8pm
Notes: BBC Trip leaders Susan Hedman John Nelson- 8 people Started at Manchester Essex Conservation Trust-School Street- Drive by Black and White Beach, ending at Coolidge Point-Trustees Property,warm weather,clear,little wind- I have been doing this trip for years now and still something new-flock of Brant, single male Wood Duck and a whale seen out by Kettle Island. The egret/heron show was good with the highlight being the many night herons flying around Clark Pond giving us terrific views. A yellow warbler sang for us as we were leaving. :-) 

Number of species: 46 

Brant 8 
Canada Goose 8 
Wood Duck 1 
Mallard 8 
White-winged Scoter 5 
Bufflehead 8 
Red-breasted Merganser 2 
Common Loon 2 
Double-crested Cormorant 50 
Great Egret 13 
Snowy Egret 56 
Little Blue Heron 3 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 9 
Glossy Ibis 7 
Turkey Vulture 1 
Herring Gull X 
Great Black-backed Gull X 
Mourning Dove 3 
Belted Kingfisher 2 
Downy Woodpecker 3 
Northern Flicker 1 
Blue Jay 2 
American Crow X 
Tree Swallow 1 
Barn Swallow 7 
Black-capped Chickadee 4 
Tufted Titmouse 3 
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 
American Robin 10 
Gray Catbird 4 
Northern Mockingbird 1 
Yellow Warbler 1 
Palm Warbler 2 
Black-and-white Warbler 2 
Eastern Towhee 6 
Song Sparrow 2 
Swamp Sparrow 1 
White-throated Sparrow 5 
Northern Cardinal 2 
Red-winged Blackbird 20 
Common Grackle 20 
Brown-headed Cowbird 10 
Baltimore Oriole 2 
House Finch 2 
American Goldfinch 2