Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US
Feb 27, 2021 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
8.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Snow, then rain mixed with snow, or just rain, winds 10-15 mph. 33-42 degrees F. Visibility fairly poor. Five hardy birders joined me for various stops in Cohasset and Scituate.
30 species (+1 other taxa)
Brant  6
Canada Goose  36
Mute Swan  5
Mallard  22
American Black Duck  14
Common Eider  8
White-winged Scoter  16
Black Scoter  13
Bufflehead  26
Common Goldeneye  2
Red-breasted Merganser  15
Wild Turkey  8    Crossing Route 3A in North Cohasset
Red-necked Grebe  1
Mourning Dove  3
Herring Gull  12
Great Blue Heron  2    1 seen in a small pool behind Egypt Beach, 1 flying across Herring River, McEachern Park
Red-tailed Hawk  1    Seen bringing a stick to a nest atop an evergreen, old cemetery, Joy Place (overlooking Little Harbor), Cohasset
Buteo sp.  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  10
Black-capped Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  4
House Sparrow  6
House Finch  8
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S82547448

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

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