The 109th Annual Ipswich River canoe trip of the Essex County Ornithological Club was held this past Saturday (May 09, 2015). All in all, a great day to be on the water with a large assortment of spring migrants. The large number of Solitary Sandpipers was particularly unique.

The following is the complete list.

Ipswich River, Topsfield, Essex, US-MA
May 9, 2015 6:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.3 mile(s)
Comments: Annual ECOC Canoe trip
79 species

Images from the trip can be seen at Dave Brewster’s web site: Dave’s Picassa site

Canada Goose 40
Wood Duck 10
Mallard 14
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 7
Great Egret 10
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 40
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Least Sandpiper 2
Herring Gull 4
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 12
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 5
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 8
Eastern Kingbird 25
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 20
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 100
Barn Swallow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Brown Creeper 3
House Wren 1
Marsh Wren 3
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 13
Eastern Bluebird 3
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 15
European Starling 3
Cedar Waxwing 2
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 2
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 8
Common Yellowthroat 20
American Redstart 4
Northern Parula 10
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 21
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
Canada Warbler 1
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 30
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 250
Common Grackle 120
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Baltimore Oriole 30
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 10

Robert Buchsbaum
Beverly, MA