Date: 5/20/25 6:50 am From: Soheil Zendeh <sohzendeh...> Subject: [Arlington Birds] Fwd: eBird Report - Bear Creek Sanctuary (restricted access), May 18, 2025
Folks,
The report for the May 18 walk at Bear Creek Sanctuary, Saugus, is below. This was the last public walk of the season. We typically shut down the walks in mid-May and do not resume until late summer. Ground-nesing birds (Savannah Sparrows in particular) are scattered all over the property and we prefer to not disturb them.
My friend Geoff Wilson says "... We will be transitioning to salt marsh sparrow monitoring... Reach out if [you] have interest in being involved with that." You can contact Geoff at <s2ary...>
Bear Creek Sanctuary (restricted access), Essex, Massachusetts, US May 18, 2025 8:57 AM - 12:26 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.839 mile(s) 43 species
Canada Goose 4 Mallard 1 Wild Turkey 1 Fr Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 1 American Oystercatcher 1 Killdeer 9 Spotted Sandpiper 2 American Herring Gull 55 Least Tern 2 Common Tern 2 Double-crested Cormorant 9 Glossy Ibis 8 Snowy Egret 1 Great Egret 5 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 2 Osprey 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 1 American Crow 5 Tree Swallow 6 Barn Swallow 4 Carolina Wren 3 European Starling 10 Gray Catbird 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 American Robin 6 House Sparrow 6 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 6 White-throated Sparrow 2 Savannah Sparrow 30 Song Sparrow 4 Bobolink 25 Red-winged Blackbird 50 Common Grackle 5 Common Yellowthroat 2 American Redstart 1 Yellow Warbler 5 Northern Cardinal 3
