Bird Sightings for Essex County, MA & Southern NH - March 7, 2016

American Woodcock by Bob Stymeist

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Mitchell Road, Ipswich:
Wood Duck

Topsfield Fairgrounds, Topsfield:
Green-winged Teal, American Woodcock, Mallard

Various Areas on Cape Ann:
Gadwall, Redhead, King Eider, Harlequin Duck, Thick-billed Murre, Purple Sandpiper, Common Loon, Red-throated Loon, Black Scoter, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Common Eider 

River Road, Ipswich:
Brant, Common Loon, Common Eider

Artichoke Reservoir, West Newbury:
Mute Swan, Common Merganser

Newburyport Industrial Park:
American Woodcock

Lake Attitash, Amesbury/Merrimac:
Bald Eagle, Common Loon, Common Merganser, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Mallard, Mute Swan

Bare Hill Road, Topsfield:
Turkey Vulture

Cashman Park, Newburyport:
Bufflehead, Killdeer

New Hampshire Seacoast:
Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Mallard, Common Eider, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Loon, Red-necked
Grebe, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Glaucous Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Snowy Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, American Crow, Common Raven, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Snow Bunting, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, House Finch, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow 

West Shore Road, Merrimac:
Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, American Goldfinch, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch

Hay Street, Newbury:
American Woodcock

Merrimack River, Newburyport:
Common Goldeneye, Barrow's Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Bald Eagle, Mallard, Great Cormorant

Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant, Exeter, NH:
Iceland Gull, Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture

Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport:
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common Grackle

Linebrook Road, Ipswich:
American Woodcock, Red-tailed Hawk, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Bluebird

Tuxbury Pond, Amesbury:
Common Merganser, Brown-headed Cowbird

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island: 
Fox Sparrow, Northern Harrier, American Wigeon, Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow

Moulton Street, Newburyport:
Red-winged Blackbird, American Tree Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Downy Woodpecker, Carolina Wren

Merrimack River, Amesbury/Merrimac/West Newbury:
Common Merganser, Mallard, Canada Goose, Bufflehead