[MASSBIRD] Fwd: eBird Report - sesuit marsh, May 21, 2013

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Hello Massbirders,

 

(..passed this post through my wifes email because of difficulties connecting with Massbird thru my Aol.com account...)

 

Nice morning birding and/or watering gardens!!

 

Good Birding,

 

Michael Dettrey

East Dennis, MA

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Diane Silverstein
Cape Cod, MA
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CAPE COD BIRD FESTIVAL SEPT. 13 -15, 2013

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Subject: eBird Report - sesuit marsh, May 21, 2013

sesuit marsh, Barnstable, US-MA
May 21, 2013 7:45 AM - 10:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
Comments:     Diane Silverstein and I observed after I scouted and tracked them 
down, on the front patch, of our small shared community property on the edges of 
the marsh ~ 2.5 acres of mixed woodlands (Pitch Pine, Red Cedar, Willows and 
mature Oak Trees with Honeysuckle & mostly asiatic Bittersweetshrubs in a wet 
under story the usual ferns, densely filled with a small loop trail to the marsh 
overlooks; 2nd day of very foggy/ muggy conditions; many birds picked up while 
tending the gardens...
53 species (+8 other taxa)

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)  1     heard in area
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)  1
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)  1     heard
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)  1     heard in area
peep sp. (Calidris sp. (peep sp.))  5
shorebird sp. (Charadriiformes sp.)  X
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)  1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  2
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)  5
gull sp. (Larinae sp.)  X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)  1     FOY
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)  2
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  1     almost heard daliy; multiply times
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  1     heard; FOY
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  1
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)  2
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)  1     heard; FOY
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  2     in flight overhead
crow sp. (Corvus sp. (crow sp.))  X
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  3
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  5
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  2
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  2
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  5
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  2
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  1
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  2
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  1     first warbler found by tail 
flashes and exquisite colors!!
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)  1     almost a regular visitor...
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)  4     the most prominent warbler 
resisdent...
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)  1     continuing...
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)  1     heard but very very tough to find 
(warbler neck and glasses keep fogging); persisted for more than an hour; FOY
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)  1     good looks
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  2
Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)  1     heard in the distance
warbler sp. (Parulinae sp.)  1
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)  1     heard later in area
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  1
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)  1
Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus)  1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  3
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  1
sparrow sp. (Emberizidae sp. (sparrow sp.))  X
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  X
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  7
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  2
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  2
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  2
blackbird sp. (Icteridae sp.)  X
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  X
passerine sp. (Passeriformes sp.)  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14194810

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