Marsh Stomp 2024
Written by Noah Henkenius
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| Sunrise at Little Harbor Beach |
This year’s annual Marsh Stomp took place on October 13th, 2024. We surveyed several sites along Buzzards Bay in hopes of finding Bitterns, Rails, Saltmarsh Sparrows, Nelson's Sparrows, and Seaside Sparrows. Overall the trip was a success, we had good numbers of Nelson’s Sparrows, lingering Saltmarsh Sparrows, a couple of Seaside Sparrows, and a Virginia Rail.
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| Nelson's Sparrow |
In addition to Marsh Birds, other highlights include a White-eyed Vireo and Yellow-breasted Chat at Egypt Lane Marsh in Fairhaven and Forster's Terns at the Tempest Knob in Wareham.
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| Yellow-breasted Chat (photo by Brian Vigorito) |
Total Species (57)
10 Canada Goose
32 Mallard
23 American Black Duck
8 White-winged Scoter
5 Horned Grebe
5 Rock Pigeon
1 Virginia Rail
10 Semipalmated Plover
15 Greater Yellowlegs
48 Laughing Gull
14 Ring-billed Gull
48 Herring Gull
2 Forster's Tern
2 Common Tern
7 Common Loon
367 Double-crested Cormorant
3 Black-crowned Night Heron
2 Snowy Egret
4 Great Egret
21 Great Blue Heron
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
3 Northern Flicker
1 White-eyed Vireo
12 Blue Jay
19 American Crow
5 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
35 Tree Swallow
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
8 Carolina Wren
7 European Starling
2 Gray Catbird
2 Northern Mockingbird
1 American Robin
8 House Sparrow
9 American Pipit
2 House Finch
2 American Goldfinch
3 White-throated Sparrow
2 Seaside Sparrow
25 Nelson's Sparrow
3 Saltmarsh Sparrow
6 Savannah Sparrow
32 Song Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
1 Yellow-breasted Chat
2 Baltimore Oriole
2 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Common Yellowthroat
5 Palm Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
23 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Northern Cardinal
Sites Visited (with eBird checklist)
Egypt Lane Marsh in Fairhaven, MA
Winsegansett Avenue Marsh in Fairhaven, MA
Hacker Street Marsh in Fairhaven, MA
Little Harbor Beach in Wareham, MA
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