Essex County & Southern New Hampshire Bird Sightings - October 15, 2014

Grasshopper Sparrow by Brian Kushner


Purple Sandpiper by Brian Kushner


Dark-eyed Junco by John Gavin


Old Town Hill, Newbury:
Northern Flicker, Blue Jay, Barred Owl, White-breasted Nuthatch

Tuxbury Pond, Amesbury:
Pine Warbler, White-throated Sparrow

Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport/Newbury:
Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, American Woodcock, Turkey Vulture, American Pipit, American Golden-Plover

Spring Lane, Newburyport:
Red-tailed Hawk, Dark-eyed Junco, Blue Jay, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Song Sparrow, Hermit Thrush

Sandy Point State Reservation, Plum Island:
Western Kingbird

Maple Street, Amesbury:
Red-tailed Hawk

Various Areas in Merrimac:
Pine Siskin, Purple Finch, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-bellied Woodpecker

Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, Newbury:
Cooper's Hawk, American Pipit, Orange-crowned Warbler, Song Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Palm Warbler, Killdeer

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island:
Tennessee Warbler, Wood Thrush, Pied-billed Grebe, Clay-colored Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow,  Swamp Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, European Wigeon, American Wigeon, Wood Duck, Greater Scaup, Northern Shoveler, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Northern Harrier, Pine Siskin, American Pipit, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Double-crested Cormorant, Cedar Waxwing, American Woodcock, Wild Turkey

Odiorne State Park, Rye, NH:
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Song Sparrow, House Wren, Orange-crowned Warbler, Swainson's Thrush, Great Blue Heron, Yellow-breasted Chat,

Northern Parula, Golden-crowned Kinglet

Martin Burns Wildlife Management Area, Byfield:
Dark-eyed Junco, American Woodcock, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret

Salem Street, Haverhill:
Evening Grosbeak

Various Areas in Nahant:
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Herring Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Blue Jay, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Common Yellowthroat, Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Indigo Bunting, Dickcissel, House Sparrow

New Hampshire Seacoast:
Pine Siskin, Purple Finch, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Gray-checked Thrush, Stilt Sandpiper, Vesper Sparrow

Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newington, NH:
Greater Scaup, American Wigeon

10th Street, Newbury:
Red Knot

Granite State Whale Watch out of Rye, NH:
Cory's Shearwater, Great Shearwater, Northern Gannet, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon

Salisbury Beach State Reservation:
Purple Sandpiper, Killdeer, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Dark-eyed Junco, Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Eastern Phoebe, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Brown-headed Cowbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Dunlin, Greater Yellowlegs, Peregrine Falcon, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron

Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant, Exeter, NH:
Dunlin, Killdeer, Ruddy Duck, American Coot, Green-winged Teal, Mallard, American Black Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler

Woodsom Farm, Amesbury:
Common Yellowthroat, Turkey Vulture, American Robin, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, European Starling, American Crow, Canada Goose, Northern Mockingbird, Swamp Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Great Blue Heron, Pectoral Sandpiper, Northern Cardinal, Gray Catbird,  Yellow Warbler, Downy Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Goldfinch, Eastern Meadowlark, Eastern Phoebe, Mourning Dove,  Broad-winged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, White-throated Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Brown Thrasher, House Wren, Cooper's Hawk, House Finch

Appleton Farm, Ipswich/Hamilton:
Canada Goose, Wood Duck, American Black Duck, Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Wild Turkey, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron,
Red-tailed Hawk, Killdeer, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker,
Eastern Phoebe, Blue Jay, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Carolina Wren,
Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, American Pipit,
Cedar Waxwing, Blackpoll Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, House Finch, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow