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June 2013 Summary (Sora, Indigo Bunting)

The following is the June 2013 summary of species seen in Salem

Total # of Species Seen: 70 (2 other taxa.)
Highlights Include:
Sora, Indigo Bunting, Orchard Oriole

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Muscovy Duck (Domestic type) - at Hedgehog Park
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter sp. - (large accip. with prey in talons - possible Goshawk)
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail (2+ at Geremonty Drive Marsh)
Sora - (2 at Geremonty Drive Marsh)
Killdeer 
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Marsh Wren - (nest located in marshes at World End Pond)
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting - (several seen on Spicket Hill)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

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To include your sightings into this list, please email me at:
kyle dot wilmarth AT gmail dot com
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