Essex
County Ornithological Club
101st
Ipswich River Bird Survey
May 12, 2007
A spectacular day with temps in the high
50'- low 60's found 17 Club members paddling down the Ipswich River from
the Rte 97 bridge to the Ipswich - Topsfield town line on Ipswich Road.
A huge thank you goes out to Jim & Stina MacDougall for treating the
attending Club members to
brunch and Bluebirds with a smattering of Hummingbirds at their lovely
home.
Scroll down the page for a few photos from the day and the list of
birds seen.
The days participants included:
| Jim Berry,
stenographer |
Carol Johnson |
John Parkhurst |
| Phil Brown |
Randy Johnson |
Dawn Paul |
| Tim Brown |
Jim MacDougall |
Bill Pivacek |
| Gabriel
Buchsbaum |
Noel Mann |
Linda Pivacek |
| Robert
Buchsbaum |
Marilyn McCrory |
Daan Sandee |
| Emily Handler |
Sue McGrath |
Janey Winchell |
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"Click" on any image
for a larger photo...
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Robert & Gabriel Buchsbaum
sampling the water |
A side trip up the canal |
Janey Winchell, Jim Berry & Jim
MacDougall in the foreground |
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| 1 |
Common Loon |
2 |
Broad-winged Hawk |
| 2 |
Double-crested
Cormorant |
2 |
Red-tailed Hawk |
| 1 |
Great Blue Heron |
1 |
Greater Yellowlegs |
| 8 |
Great Egret |
21 |
Solitary Sandpiper
(everywhere!) |
| 50 |
Glossy Ibis
(no doubt a record for the canoe trip) |
6 |
Spotted Sandpiper |
| 3 |
Turkey Vulture (2 on
riverbank
that allowed very close approach) |
7 |
Peep sp. (prob. least) |
| X |
Canada Goose (observed,
not counted) |
7 |
Mourning Dove |
| 8 |
Wood Duck (4 pr.) |
1 |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (heard
near IRWS canoe landing) |
| X |
Mallard |
12+ |
Chimney Swift |
| 1 |
Blue-winged Teal |
1 |
Ruby-throated
Hummingbird
(MacDougall's feeder) |
| 1 |
Cooper's Hawk |
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Black&white Warbler IRWS |
Robert Buchsbaum &
Jim Berry |
Noel Maan (purple life vest)
Linda & Bill Pivacek
(center & right) |
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| 1 |
Belted Kingfisher |
23 |
Warbling Vireo |
| 2 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
2 |
Red-eyed Vireo |
| 4 |
Downy Woodpecker |
X |
Blue Jay |
| 2 |
Northern Flicker |
X |
American Crow |
| 1 |
Pileated Woodpecker |
X |
Tree Swallow |
| 1 |
Least Flycatcher |
X |
Barn Swallow |
| 1 |
Eastern Phoebe |
X |
Black-capped Chickadee |
| 12 |
Great-crested
Flycatcher |
X |
Tufted Titmouse |
| 12 |
Eastern Kingbird |
10 |
White-breasted Nuthatch
- (nest found) |
| 6 |
Yellow-throated Vireo |
2 |
House Wren |
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Putting in at the IRWS canoe landing |
Taking a break before birding the IRWS |
Listening for the Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
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| 18 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -
(nest found) |
5 |
Northern Parula |
| 2 |
Eastern Bluebird
(nesting in box at MacDougall's) |
23 |
Yellow Warbler |
| 1 |
Veery |
1 |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| 8 |
Hermit Thrush |
1 |
Magnolia Warbler |
| 1 |
Wood Thrush |
3 |
Black-throated Blue
Warbler |
| X |
American Robin |
3 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| X |
Gray Catbird |
2 |
Black-throated Green
Warbler |
| 2 |
Northern Mockingbird |
1 |
Pine Warbler |
| X |
European Starling |
1 |
Prairie Warbler |
| 1 |
Blue-winged Warbler - (at takeout) |
1 |
Blackpoll Warbler |
| 2 |
Nashville Warbler |
5 |
Black-and-white Warbler |
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Canada Goose, gosling IRWS |
Linda & Bill Pivacek |
Brunch at the MacDougall's |
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| 2 |
American Redstart |
2 |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| 1 |
Ovenbird |
1 |
Indigo Bunting - (at takeout) |
| 2 |
Northern Waterthrush |
X |
Red-winged Blackbird - (est. 200+) |
| 10 |
Common Yellowthroat
(very low--due to early date?) |
X |
Common Grackle - (est. 100+) |
| 1 |
Scarlet Tanager |
7 |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
| 1 |
Eastern Towhee |
1 |
Orchard Oriole - (immature male) |
| 2 |
Chipping Sparrow |
39 |
Baltimore Oriole |
| 7 |
Song Sparrow |
2 |
House Finch |
| 2 |
White-throated Sparrow |
X |
American Goldfinch |
| 9 |
Northern Cardinal |
X |
House Sparrow |
From Jim MacDougall: Best
bird: 2 Turkey Vultures feeding at the water's edge
on something very dead.
Or maybe the 20 Solitary
Sandpipers, or maybe the
50+ Glossy Ibis, or maybe the 6 Yellow-throated Vireos, or maybe...
Janey Winchell, Jim Berry, Jim MacDougall,
Noel Maan, Emily Handler, Tim Brown (left to right)
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