Relatively new birder, Mandy Peacock racked up many life birds and was initiated into the traditons of Entenmann's Danish and Peanut Butter cookies.
Over all, it was an evenly passed day, getting a few new birds at each stop. Nahant was relatively quiet, compared to other years, as the winds were not in our favor here.
Last year, we had a small parade of American Woodcocks. This year, we came upon this individual as we pulled into the Hellcat Parking lot on Plum Island.
Birds of note include: Great Horned Owl (8X), Common Raven (8X), American Pipit (3X), Golden-crowned Kinglet (6X), Scarlet Tanager(9X). No new birds this year.
Below is the list of birds seen for the day.
# NAME LOCATION WHEN SEEN 1 American Robin Crooked Pond 5/4/24 4:30 AM 2 Great Horned Owl 3 Chipping Sparrow 4 Tree Swallow 5 Swamp Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow 7 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 9 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Pine Warbler 11 Wood Thrush 12 Brown Creeper 13 Wood Duck 14 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15 Eastern Bluebird 16 Blue Jay 17 Common Grackle 18 Barred Owl 19 American Crow 20 White-breasted Nuthatch 21 Red-bellied Woodpecker 22 Northern Cardinal 23 Carolina Wren 24 Great Crested Flycatcher 25 Northern Flicker 26 Black-and-white Warbler 27 Ovenbird 28 Common Raven 29 Gray Catbird 30 Brown-headed Cowbird 31 Great Blue Heron 32 Eastern Kingbird 33 Pileated Woodpecker 34 Common Yellowthroat 35 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 36 Yellow-rumped Warbler 37 American Goldfinch 38 Belted Kingfisher 39 Ring-necked Duck 40 Scarlet Tanager 41 Golden-crowned Kinglet 42 Black-throated Green Warbler 43 Red-breasted Nuthatch 44 Eastern Phoebe 45 Louisiana Waterthrush 46 Broad-winged Hawk 47 Common Loon Crooked Pond 5/4/24 6:47 AM 48 Rock Pigeon Route 128 5/5/24 6:50 AM 49 European Starling 50 Red-tailed Hawk 51 Osprey 52 Chimney Swift Route 128 5/4/24 7:01 AM 53 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Lynnfield Marsh 5/4/24 7:04 AM 54 Fish Crow 55 Canada Goose 56 Mute Swan 57 Virginia Rail 58 Yellow Warbler 59 Warbling Vireo 60 Killdeer 61 Herring Gull 62 Downy Woodpecker 63 Mourning Dove 64 Northern Mockingbird 65 Barn Swallow 66 American Pipit 67 Double-crested Cormorant 68 House Finch 69 Bald Eagle 70 House Sparrow Lynnfield Marsh 5/4/24 8:05 AM 71 Northern Parula Lynnfield 5/4/24 8:22 AM 72 Sharp-shinned Hawk 73 Baltimore Oriole 74 Mallard 75 Wild Turkey Puritan Lawn Memorial Park 5/4/24 8:51 AM 76 Palm Warbler 77 House Wren Puritan Lawn Memorial Park 5/4/24 9:25 AM 78 Surf Scoter Lynn 5/4/24 9:20 AM 79 Long-tailed Duck 80 White-winged Scoter 81 Black Scoter 82 Greater Scaup 83 Common Eider 84 Red-breasted Merganser 85 Brant 86 Great Black-backed Gull 87 Ring-billed Gull 88 Red-throated Loon 89 Horned Grebe 90 Bufflehead 91 Common Tern 92 Peregrine Falcon 93 Dunlin 94 Sanderling Lynn 5/4/24 10:54 AM 95 Black-throated Blue Warbler Nahant 5/4/24 11:30 AM 96 Blue-headed Vireo 97 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 98 White-throated Sparrow 99 Cedar Waxwing 100 Great Cormorant Nahant 5/4/24 12:20 PM 101 Turkey Vulture Topsfield 5/4/24 1:30 PM 102 Lesser Yellowlegs Topsfield Fairgrounds 5/4/24 1:34 PM 103 Greater Yellowlegs 104 Spotted Sandpiper 105 Least Sandpiper 106 Green-winged Teal Rowley 5/4/24 2:18 PM 107 Glossy Ibis 108 Snowy Egret 109 Bobolink 110 Great Egret Plum Island 5/4/24 2:30 PM 111 Eastern Towhee 112 American Black Duck 113 Northern Harrier 114 Willet 115 American Redstart 116 Nashville Warbler 117 American Woodcock 118 Chestnut-sided Warbler 119 Brown Thrasher 120 Marsh Wren 121 Northern Shoveler 122 Gadwall 123 Purple Finch 124 American Coot 125 Northern Gannet 126 Piping Plover Plum Island 5/4/24 4:16 PM 127 Ruddy Duck Cherry Hill Res. 5/4/24 5:00 PM 128 Pied-billed Grebe 129 Cliff Swallow 130 Bank Swallow 131 Solitary Sandpiper West Newbury 5/4/24 5:15 PM