Plum Island, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Mar 18, 2018
Protocol: Historical
Comments:     BBC Trip to Plum Island and Salisbury led by Ida Giriunas
5 species

Canada Goose  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  30
Mourning Dove  4
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46093487
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Cherry Hill Reservoir, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Mar 18, 2018
Protocol: Historical
Comments:     BBC trip led by I. Giriunas
4 species

Bufflehead  12
Common Goldeneye  4
Common Merganser  32
Red-breasted Merganser  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46093628


Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Mar 18, 2018
Protocol: Historical
Comments:     BBC Trip to Plum Island and Newburyport led by I. Giriunas
21 species

Mallard  4
American Black Duck  6
Common Eider  24
Common Loon  1
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Great Horned Owl  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
American Tree Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  4
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Common Grackle  3
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46093590

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