Delaney WMA

Ten enthusiastic birders met on this bright and warm although overcast Saturday morning. In addition to regular members of the Forbush Bird Club, we were joined by a friend from the Boxborough Bird Club, a professor of biology and a birder from Ecuador who is getting to know the New England birds. We traveled 2 1/2 miles over about 3 1/2 hours and we identified 51 species of birds. Highlights included a large flock of Ring-necked Ducks, seven Double-crested Cormorants, a raucous chorus of Rusty Blackbirds, two less common swallows and a very spotted Spotted Sandpiper.

51 Species:

Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 8
Mallard 3
Green-winged Teal 4
Ring-necked Duck 53
Hooded Merganser 2
Mourning Dove 4
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Great Blue Heron 4
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 9
Tree Swallow 20
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 4
American Robin 6
American Goldfinch 4
Chipping Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Savannah Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 17
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Rusty Blackbird 1 (several, audible only)
Common Grackle 2
Palm Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Northern Cardinal 1

Trip report from David Ammerman

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