MethuenRailTrail » birding http://methuenrailtrail.org Tue, 15 May 2012 00:52:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Birding in the Sanctuary http://methuenrailtrail.org/2010/06/birding-in-the-sanctuary/ http://methuenrailtrail.org/2010/06/birding-in-the-sanctuary/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:54:47 +0000 admin http://methuenrailtrail.org/?p=674 4656699162_14a83e83a3_b
Last month we had two ‘birders’ come down and spend some time in our Bird Sanctuary on the rail trail. This is what they found:

Birders: Paula McFarland & Sue McGrath
Location: Nevins Bird Sanctuary
Observation date: 5/23/10
Number of species: 32
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 3
Great Blue Heron 30 (approx 16 occupied nests!)
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Chimney Swift 10
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 7
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 8
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 7
Cedar Waxwing 10
Yellow Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 5
Scarlet Tanager 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 15
Baltimore Oriole 11
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 15

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I was out walking the Methuen Rail Trail with some folks from the Eagle Tribune online and we discovered that the Baby Herons have popped up all over the place.

This area is a few hundred feet north from the MSPCA road, just to the east of Route 93. All the heron nests perched in trees, vaguely resembles pterodactyl nests, and the baby herons are sticking their heads up.


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