Bird Sightings for Essex County, MA & Southern NH – August 24, 2018

Least Sandpiper. Photo credit: Dave Adrien

Plum Island Airfield:
Killdeer, Rock Pigeon, Peregrine Falcon, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Cedar Waxwing, Song Sparrow, Tree Swallow, Black-bellied Plover, Chimney Swift

Clarks Pond, Amesbury:
Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Mallard, Cedar Waxwing, Black-capped Chickadee, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Goldfinch, Ruby-throated Hummingbird

New Hampshire Seacoast:
Black-bellied Plover, Marbled Godwit, Hudsonian Godwit, Wilson’s Phalarope, Lesser Yellowlegs, Whimbrel, Willet, Greater Yellowlegs, Bald Eagle

Andrews Point, Rockport:
Common Eider, Mourning Dove, Spotted Sandpiper, Laughing Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Roseate Tern, Common Tern, Northern Gannet, Double-crested Cormorant, American Crow, Tree Swallow

Great Neck, Ipswich:
Great Egret, Snowy Egret

Halibut Point State Park, Rockport:
Mallard, American Black Duck, Mallard x American Black Duck, Common Eider, Surf Scoter, Mourning Dove, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, Northern Gannet, Double-crested Cormorant, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Kingbird, Blue Jay, American Crow, Common Raven, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Cedar Waxwing, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Eastern Towhee, Baltimore Oriole, Common Grackle, Yellow Warbler, Northern Cardinal

Sandy Point State Reservation, Plum Island:
Baird’s Sandpiper, Red Knot, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper

Moulton Street, Newburyport:
Eastern Screech-Owl, Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island:
Red-shouldered Hawk, Prothonotary Warbler, Canada Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler,
Canada Goose, Gadwall, Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Piping Plover, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Least Tern, Mourning Dove, Peregrine Falcon, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Kingbird, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Towhee, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, House Finch, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow

Essex Bay, Essex:
Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Red Knot, Sanderling, Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Herring Gull, Least Tern, Common Tern, Double-crested Cormorant, Snowy Egret, Turkey Vulture,
Osprey

Granite State Whale Watch Out of Rye, NH:
Black Tern, Great Shearwater, Cory’s Shearwater, Northern Gannet, Wilson’s Storm-Petrel, Common Tern, Barn Swallow, Atlantic Puffin

Computer Drive, Haverhill:
Red-tailed Hawk, Green Heron, Wood Duck, Mourning Dove, Yellow Warbler, American Goldfinch, Mallard, Tree Swallow, Chimney Swift, Cooper’s Hawk

Colby Farm Lane, Newburyport:
Great Crested Flycatcher, Wild Turkey, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Hermit Thrush, Northern Mockingbird, Tree Swallow, Northern Cardinal, Black-capped Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe

Artichoke Reservoir, West Newbury:
Mute Swan, Belted Kingfisher, Osprey, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Eastern Kingbird, Cedar Waxwing, Great Blue Heron, Spotted Sandpiper, Mallard, Song Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow

Woodsom Farm, Amesbury:
Northern Mockingbird, American Robin, Yellow Warbler, Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay, American Crow, American Kestrel, American Goldfinch, Chimney Swift, Common Grackle, Song Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Tree Swallow, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-tailed Hawk, Cedar Waxwing, Northern Harrier, European Starling, Mourning Dove, House Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, Brown-headed Cowbird, Gray Catbird, Northern Flicker, Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Meadowlark, Red-bellied Woodpecker

Water Street, Newburyport:
Black-crowned Night-Heron, Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, Glossy Ibis, Forster’s Tern, Common Tern, Tree Swallow, Cedar Waxwing, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Bonaparte’s Gull, Greater Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper

Linebrook Road, Ipswich:
Great Crested Flycatcher, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Song Sparrow, Red-tailed Hawk, Rose-breasted Grosbeak