100th Ipswich River Bird Survey
May 20, 2006
The 100th Bird Survey festivities were fabulous and will remain as a pleasant memory. The feedback from members has been outstanding! The birding at the sanctuary was excellent with Common Nighthawk, Black-billed Cuckoo, American Woodcock, Bobolink, Pileated Woodpecker and Barred Owl.
We relished those “local donuts” with our coffee and tea in the morning, then savored the beans, the grill items and a delicious cake at our luncheon!
Special thanks to Jim and Stina for their energy, experience and knowledge of the Ipswich River Valley! My personal thanks to Mark, Laura, Jay, Joe, Linda, Dawn, Marilyn, Robert, Phil, and Janey; all of your contributions and planning made for a very pleasant day. I’m grateful to so many members who donated their time, their skills and their funds! Carol Decker and her Staff at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary were outstanding in allowing us to use “The Barn” for our celebration.
Please remember the following businesses; they contributed to our event with generous “out” door prizes
Bird Watcher’s Supply and Gift of Newburyport
Blue Seal Feeds of Bow, NH
Courtyard of Newburyport
Essex County Cooperative of Topsfield
Fernald’s of Newbury
Leo’s Pizza of Newburyport
Montana Coffee Traders of Whitefish, Montana
New England Small Craft of Rowley
Plum Island Kayak of Newburyport
Wild Birds Unlimited of Danvers
Newburyport Birders of Newburyport
Bird Survey Tally: |
| Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Glossy Ibis Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Mute Swan Wood Duck Mallard Osprey Cooper’s Hawk | Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper American Woodcock Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Common Tern Mourning Dove Black-billed Cuckoo Barred Owl Common Nighthawk Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher | Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow |
| Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Veery Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird | European Starling Cedar Waxwing Blue-winged Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat | Scarlet Tanager Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow |
We are seeking a team of volunteers to plan and facilitate next year’s event. Please contact Sue if you would like to be part of that team.
Good birding,
Sue McGrath, President
Essex County Ornithological Club
Salem, Ma
newburyportbirders@comcast.net