Birds of note include:American Oystercatcher first time seen on this trip, along with Black-billed Cuckoo(2X), Ruby-throated Hummingbird(7X), Semipalmated Plover(7X), Great Horned Owl(9X).
A non-birding highlight included watching string of Starlink satellites pass overhead while waiting for the group to arrive.
Below is the list of birds seen for the day.
# NAME LOCATION WHEN SEEN 1 Mallard Bald Hill Conservation Area--Crooked Pond 5/3/2025 4:05 AM 2 American Robin 3 Song Sparrow 4 Canada Goose 4:30 AM 5 Wood Duck 6 Wild Turkey 7 Mourning Dove 8 Double-crested Cormorant 9 Great Blue Heron 10 Red-tailed Hawk 11 Eastern Screech-Owl 12 Great Horned Owl 13 Barred Owl 14 Red-bellied Woodpecker 15 Downy Woodpecker 16 Hairy Woodpecker 17 Pileated Woodpecker 18 Northern Flicker 19 Eastern Phoebe 20 Great Crested Flycatcher 21 Blue-headed Vireo 22 Blue Jay 23 American Crow 24 Common Raven 25 Black-capped Chickadee 26 Tufted Titmouse 27 Tree Swallow 28 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29 White-breasted Nuthatch 30 Red-breasted Nuthatch 31 Brown Creeper 32 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 33 Winter Wren 34 Gray Catbird 35 Eastern Bluebird 36 Hermit Thrush 37 Wood Thrush 38 American Goldfinch 39 Chipping Sparrow 40 Swamp Sparrow 41 Red-winged Blackbird 42 Brown-headed Cowbird 43 Common Grackle 44 Ovenbird 45 Louisiana Waterthrush 46 Black-and-white Warbler 47 Common Yellowthroat 48 Pine Warbler 49 Yellow-rumped Warbler 50 Black-throated Green Warbler 51 Scarlet Tanager 52 Northern Cardinal 53 Rock Pigeon Route 128 6:40 AM 54 American Herring Gull 55 Great Black-backed Gull 56 European Starling 57 Northern Mockingbird 58 Mute Swan Lynnfield Marsh 7:09 AM 59 Virginia Rail 60 Killdeer 61 Spotted Sandpiper 62 Eastern Kingbird 63 Warbling Vireo 64 Fish Crow 65 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 66 Barn Swallow 67 House Sparrow 68 House Finch 69 Savannah Sparrow 70 Baltimore Oriole 71 Northern Parula 72 Yellow Warbler 73 Northern House Wren Lynnfield 8:54 AM 74 Carolina Wren 75 Common Merganser Puritan Lawn Memorial Park 9:00 AM 76 Chimney Swift 77 Turkey Vulture 78 Osprey 79 White-throated Sparrow 80 Nashville Warbler 81 American Redstart 82 Brant Lynn 10:30 AM 83 American Black Duck 84 Common Eider 85 Surf Scoter 86 White-winged Scoter 87 Black Scoter 88 Long-tailed Duck 89 Red-breasted Merganser 90 Ring-billed Gull 91 Red-throated Loon 92 Common Loon 93 Greater Scaup Nahant 11:00 AM 94 American Oystercatcher 95 Great Egret 96 Black-billed Cuckoo Nahant Heritage Trail - Stump Dump 11:15 AM 97 Sharp-shinned Hawk 98 Northern Waterthrush 99 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 100 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Nahant 12:18 PM 101 Eastern Towhee 102 Solitary Sandpiper Topsfield Fairgrounds 1:40 PM 103 Lesser Yellowlegs 104 Greater Yellowlegs 105 Least Sandpiper 106 Willet Rowley 2:30 PM 107 Common Tern Newburyport 2:37 PM 108 Glossy Ibis 109 Gadwall Parker River NWR 2:50 PM 110 Northern Pintail 111 Green-winged Teal 112 Semipalmated Plover 113 Piping Plover 114 Northern Gannet 115 Northern Harrier 116 Merlin 117 Least Flycatcher 118 Purple Martin 119 Marsh Wren 120 Brown Thrasher 121 Veery 122 Purple Finch 123 White-crowned Sparrow 124 Magnolia Warbler 125 Black-throated Blue Warbler 126 Palm Warbler 127 Black-crowned Night Heron Newburyport 5:58 PM 128 Green Heron
