Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 20, 2021 8:00 AM – 10:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.75 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – clear, calm, warming to 80s
22 species
Mourning Dove  2
Herring Gull  10    One caught a nine inch fish and ate it on the rocks
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Green Heron  2    One actively hunting from perches along quarry
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  7
Tree Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  1
House Wren  2    Heard only
European Starling  2
Gray Catbird  4
American Robin  1
House Sparrow  3
American Goldfinch  2
Song Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  7
Baltimore Oriole  4
Common Grackle  4
Common Yellowthroat  1    Heard only
Northern Cardinal  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S90864549

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Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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