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Essex County Bird Sightings - Week of August 30, 2010 - Courtesy of Sue McGrath

*Merrimack River, North Andover:

Osprey

*Page School, West Newbury:

Common Nighthawk, Indigo Bunting, Great Blue Heron, Ring-necked Pheasant, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow

*Parker River, Newbury:

American Crow, Belted Kingfisher, Red-tailed Hawk, Green Heron

*Baker Road & Bartlett Street, Salisbury:

Wild Turkey, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle

*Essex Bay, Essex:

Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Greater Yellowlegs, Willet, Red Knot, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Common Tern

*Newburyport Harbor:

Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Osprey, Northern Mockingbird, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Short-billed Dowitcher, Laughing Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, Belted Kingfisher, Mourning Dove, European Starling, Common Grackle, Canada Goose, Mallard, American Black Duck, Green-winged Teal, Double-crested Cormorant, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Chimney Swift, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin, Gray Catbird, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow, House Finch, Rock Pigeon

*Nevins Bird Sanctuary, Methuen:

Wood Duck, American Black Duck, Mallard, Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, Green Heron, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Eastern Phoebe, Great Egret, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk, Spotted Sandpiper, Downy Woodpecker

*Old Right Road, Ipswich:

Pine Warbler

*Bachelor Street, West Newbury:

Wild Turkey, Northern Cardinal, American Robin, American Crow

*Short Beach, Nahant:

Laughing Gull

*Moulton Street, Newburyport:

Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Fish Crow, Eastern Kingbird, Gray Catbird, Carolina Wren

*Willowdale State Forest, Ipswich:

Red-breasted Nuthatch

*Salisbury Rail Trail ~ Mudnock Road to Friendenfels Road:

Belted Kingfisher, Osprey, Gray Catbird, Common Yellowthroat, American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Herring Gull

*Route 1A, Rowley:

Barn Swallow, Double-crested Cormorant, Wild Turkey, Snowy Egret

*Brace Cove, Gloucester:

Common Eider, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Northern Gannet, Double-crested Cormorant, Semipalmated Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, American Crow

*Kenoza Lake, Haverhill:

Canada Goose, Mallard, Hooded Merganser, Double-crested Cormorant, Osprey, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Common Tern, Chimney Swift, Bank Swallow, Great Egret, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Tree Swallow

*Newman Road, Newbury:

Common Tern, Snowy Egret, Red-tailed Hawk, Double-crested Cormorant, Tree Swallow, Killdeer

*Hatter's Point Marina, Amesbury:

Bald Eagle, Osprey

*Nahant Golf Course, Nahant:

Laughing Gull

*Marsh Avenue, Newbury:

Eastern Bluebird, Tree Swallow, Ruby-throated Hummingbird

*Route 213 / Rte 93, Methuen:

Green Heron, Spotted Sandpiper

*Red Gate Road, Rowley:

Barn Swallow, Orchard Oriole, Tree Swallow, Killdeer

*Halibut Point, Rockport:

Common Eider, Black Scoter, Common Loon, Sooty Shearwater, Manx Shearwater, Northern Gannet, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Northern Harrier, Laughing Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, Pomarine Jaeger, Mourning Dove, American Crow, Tree Swallow, White-breasted Nuthatch

*Bird Banding Station, Plum Island:

Downy Woodpecker, "Traill's" Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Tree Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Mourning Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Song Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Baltimore Oriole, Purple Finch, Eastern Towhee, American Goldfinch, Northern Flicker, Eastern Kingbird, Red-eyed Vireo, Tree Swallow, Carolina Wren, Blue-winged Warbler, Canada Warbler, Northern Cardinal, Orchard Oriole

*Savory Street, Newburyport:

Gray Catbird, Carolina Wren, Fish Crow, Great Blue Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron

*Nelson Island, Rowley:

Great Egret, Osprey, Eastern Kingbird

*Nahant Beach, Nahant:

Laughing Gull

*Quill Pond, Newbury:

Wood Duck, Great Blue Heron, Mute Swan, Mallard, Eastern Phoebe

*Nahant Beach and Lynn Beach:

Semipalmated Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Sanderling

*Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island:

Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Mallard, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Greater Yellowlegs, Willet, Spotted Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Dowitcher sp., Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Least Tern, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Eastern Kingbird, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, American Goldfinch