Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 26, 2020 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
10.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Cape Ann trip: Stacy Boulevard, Jodrey Fish Pier, Eastern Point, Niles Pond, Brace Cove, Bass Rocks
26 species
Canada Goose  6
Gadwall  8
Mallard  12
Common Eider  85
Surf Scoter  5
White-winged Scoter  20
Long-tailed Duck  6
Bufflehead  18
Common Goldeneye  1
Red-breasted Merganser  38
Purple Sandpiper  30
Black Guillemot  1
Black-headed Gull  1    Brace Cove, in flock of gulls on beach
Ring-billed Gull  12
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  12
Common Loon  5
Great Blue Heron  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  14
Black-capped Chickadee  2
European Starling  60
American Pipit  1    Brace Cove, on rocks
Song Sparrow  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S78099901

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