Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 18, 2020 8:03 AM – 10:36 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – Butterbutts and Skunkheads! Clear, calm, warming up to mid-50s
27 species
Common Eider  2
Surf Scoter  8
White-winged Scoter  12
Black Scoter  80    Flock o 55 almost in line, flock of 35 more in a V
Mourning Dove  1
Ring-billed Gull  3    Juvenile, fishing for minnows in the quarry
Herring Gull  4
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Northern Gannet  5    Way, way out toward Newbury and Isles of Shoals
Double-crested Cormorant  52    Flock of 50 flying in line close to water
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1    Flew directly over grout pile
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3    One female, and a pair stashing nuts in a dead tree
Downy Woodpecker  2
Blue Jay  11
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  2    Heard only
Carolina Wren  2    Heard only
American Robin  18
Cedar Waxwing  8    Busy hunting bugs from a bare tree in Back 40
House Sparrow  2
American Goldfinch  3
Dark-eyed Junco  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  9
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S75034170

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