Bear Creek walks continue through April -- every Sunday at 9. The May schedule has not been decided yet, but once the breeding birds (Savannah Sparrows, Bobolinks, etc) are on territory in mid-May, we will discontinue the walk and not resume until late summer.
Below is the ebird checklist, courtesy of Brendan Burke, from the walk last Sunday, 4/14:
Bear Creek Sanctuary (restricted access), Essex, Massachusetts, US Apr 14, 2024 9:19 AM - 12:19 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.75 mile(s) 50 bird species
Canada Goose 2 Blue-winged Teal 4 Mallard 4 American Black Duck 20 Common Eider 1 Surf Scoter 2 Bufflehead 8 Common Goldeneye 1 Red-breasted Merganser 12 Wild Turkey 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 25 Mourning Dove 5 Killdeer 2 Ring-billed Gull 2 Herring Gull 50 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Red-throated Loon 1 Common Loon 3 Double-crested Cormorant 10 Great Egret 5 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 4 Osprey 7 Northern Harrier 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 2 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4 American Kestrel 5 Peregrine Falcon 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 2 Common Raven 2 Tree Swallow 10 Carolina Wren 1 European Starling 20 Northern Mockingbird 1 American Robin 10 House Sparrow 3 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 6 Chipping Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 3 Savannah Sparrow 15 Song Sparrow 10 Red-winged Blackbird 20 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Rusty Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 4 Northern Cardinal 4
