Date: 5/3/26 10:46 am From: Ashton Almeida <ashtonipod...> Subject: [NHBirds] May Migration Challenge - Seabrook Town Forest & Wellfield
It's that time of year again, and I am back on my grind of visiting the Seabrook Town Forest every day for the whole month. So far, each day has gotten increasingly better, and today was incredible with 55 species:
Canada Goose 4 Mallard 4 Ring-necked Duck 2 Wild Turkey 1 Mourning Dove 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 American Herring Gull 3 Double-crested Cormorant 4 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 3 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 4 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 7 Tufted Titmouse 4 Tree Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Northern House Wren 1 Gray Catbird 8 Wood Thrush 3 American Robin 8 House Sparrow 1 House Finch 6 American Goldfinch 6 Chipping Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 3 Savannah Sparrow 5 Song Sparrow 6 Swamp Sparrow 2 Eastern Towhee 5 Red-winged Blackbird 9 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Common Grackle 15 Ovenbird 5 Blue-winged Warbler 3 Black-and-white Warbler 7 Common Yellowthroat 2 Northern Parula 3 Northern Yellow Warbler 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Pine Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 23 Prairie Warbler 1 Northern Cardinal 7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
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