Bird Sightings for Essex County, MA & Southern NH – October 4, 2018:

Eastern Bluebird – photo credit – Dave Adrien

Water Street, Newburyport:
Bonaparte’s Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Turkey Vulture

Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant:
Northern Shoveler

Cherry Hill [Indian Hill] Reservoir West Newbury:
Wild Turkey, Wood Duck, Canada Goose, Eastern Bluebird, Northern Flicker

Hale Street, Newburyport:
Northern Flicker, Wild Turkey

Tuxbury Pond, Amesbury:
Wood Duck, Gray Catbird, Cedar Waxwing

True Road, Salisbury:
Wild Turkey with poults

Pulpit Rocks, Rye, NH:
Lapland Longspur

Sandy Point State Reservation, Plum Island:
American Golden-Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Sanderling, Semipalmated Plover, Dunlin, Black-bellied Plover

Ash Street Swamp, West Newbury:
Wood Duck, Green Heron, Eastern Bluebird, Northern Flicker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Tree Swallow, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, American Robin, European Starling

Bartlett Street, Salisbury:
Wild Turkey

Route One Traffic Circle, Newburyport:
Red-tailed Hawk

Town Farm Road & Daniel Boone Park, Ipswich:
Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Solitary Sandpiper, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Canada Goose, Double-crested Cormorant, Turkey Vulture, Rock Pigeon, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Eastern Phoebe, Blue Jay, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, House Wren, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Prairie Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Indigo Bunting, Red-winged Blackbird, Purple Finch, House Finch, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow

Plum Island Turnpike, Newbury/Newburyport:
Peregrine Falcon, Double-crested Cormorant

Various Areas in Rye, NH:
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Clay-colored Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Blackpoll Warbler, Palm Warbler, Canada Warbler, Dickcissel, Vesper Sparrow, Ruddy Turnstone, Black-bellied Plover, Dunlin

Elm Street, Salisbury:
Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Flicker, Green-winged Teal, Blue Jay, Mallard, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper, Eastern Phoebe

Atkinson Common, Newburyport:
White-breasted Nuthatch, Pine Warbler, American Goldfinch, Black-capped Chickadee, Cedar Waxwing

Nelson Island, Rowley:
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Flicker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Eastern Phoebe

Nahant’s Stump Dump:
Yellow-breasted Chat, Northern Flicker

Moulton Street, Newburyport:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island:
Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Northern Gannet, Great Blue Heron, American Black Duck, Great Egret, Osprey, Double-crested Cormorant, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Harrier, Greater Yellowlegs, Sanderling, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Merlin, Cooper’s Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Eastern Phoebe, Blue Jay, American Crow, Common Raven, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Blackpoll Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Clay-colored Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Purple Finch, Dark-eyed Junco, House Sparrow