Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 16, 2021 7:59 AM – 10:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.335 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – Mostly clear, very light breeze, warming to 70s; parked at and walked from Windhover Center for the Performing Arts
41 species
Mallard  3
Common Eider  2
Wild Turkey  1
Mourning Dove  3
Chimney Swift  4
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Double-crested Cormorant  7
Green Heron  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1    Seen by Ann
Eastern Kingbird  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  3
Tree Swallow  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  2    Nesting in bird house at edge of field
Carolina Wren  2
Gray Catbird  9
American Robin  1
Cedar Waxwing  3
House Sparrow  1
American Goldfinch  8
Chipping Sparrow  1
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  8
Eastern Towhee  3
Baltimore Oriole  2
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  7
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  1    Heard only
Northern Parula  4
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  6
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