eBird Field Checklist
Essex Bay
Essex, Massachusetts, US
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180 species (+18 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
Common Eider
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Grebes
Horned Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Common Gallinule
Shorebirds
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Red Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Alcids
Black Guillemot
Razorbill
Thick-billed Murre
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Royal Tern
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Great Shearwater
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Northern Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Glossy Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo sp.
Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Eastern Wood-Pewee
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Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Vireos
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
swallow sp.
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Wrens
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Blackbirds
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Others
passerine sp.
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