King’s Beach, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 6, 2024 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: A Brookline Bird Club walk led by Shilo McDonald. Tide coming in. High tide at 2:07 PM. Blue skies. Sunshine. Gentle breeze, 3 MPH. And unseasonably warm, 62 ºF.
14 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 10 Flying by.
American Black Duck 25 Estimate. A Life Bird for Harrison.
Greater Scaup 1 Adult male. Peak in front of head.
Greater/Lesser Scaup 1 Female. Distant.
Common Eider 14 Estimate. All females / immatures.
Surf Scoter 2 Both males. White patch present on the back of the neck.
White-winged Scoter 45 Estimate. A Life Bird for Harrison.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 11 2 on the beach. Plus 9 flybys.
Semipalmated Plover 4
Ring-billed Gull 60 Estimate.
Herring Gull 44 Estimate.
Great Black-backed Gull 7
gull sp. 50 Distant. On Lynn Beach.
Merlin 1 Flying by. Heading in the direction of Lynn Beach.
American Crow 4 Walking the wrack line on the Swampscott side of King’s Beach.
House Sparrow 8 In the bushes across the street.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S197838525
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