Date: 4/10/18 9:03 pm From: Jim Berry <jim.berry3...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] Topsfield Fairgrounds, Willowdale SF, and Crane Beach, Apr 10, 2018
Topsfield Fairgrounds
Apr 10, 2018 7:30 AM - 7:50 AM
Comments: Strickland Wheelock met me at the fairgrounds for a morning of birding. Highlight here was a continuing pair of shovelers. We saw no snipe and no swallows. 7 species (+1 other taxon); partial list
Canada Goose 7 Northern Shoveler 2 Mallard 2 Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) 1 Green-winged Teal (American) 30 Killdeer 5
Willowdale SF (east), Ipswich Apr 10, 2018 8:10 AM - 10:20 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: We then walked a 2-mile loop in the forest. Though I heard several pine warblers here last week, we found none today, nor palm warblers nor kinglets. 28 species (+1 other taxon); partial list:
Wood Duck 1 American Black Duck 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Flew over a large open swamp. No nests visible. Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 7 Barred Owl 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Eastern Phoebe 4 Blue Jay 5 Black-capped Chickadee 13 Tufted Titmouse 8 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 7 Brown Creeper 3 Eastern Bluebird 1 Song Sparrow 8 Swamp Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 14 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Common Grackle 10 Purple Finch 1 American Goldfinch 3
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Crane Beach, Ipswich Apr 10, 2018 10:50 AM - 12:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Then we sampled the beach for a quarter-mile in each direction. Highlight was 8 piping plovers. 16 species; partial list:
American Black Duck 3 Common Eider 90 White-winged Scoter 2 Long-tailed Duck 4 Wild Turkey 2 Common Loon 2 Great Egret 3 Piping Plover 8 4 were together, calling and chasing. Could have been pair formation, courtship, territorial behavior, or a combination of these. We were standing close to them but they seemed to pay us no attention in their excitement. Herring Gull 15 very few gulls! Great Black-backed Gull 4 Northern Mockingbird 1 American Tree Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 3
View this checklist online athttps://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44452819
Before driving to the beach, we stopped briefly on Northgate Rd. and counted a dozen snipe.
