Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Feb 24, 2018 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
90.0 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline Bird Club’s annual Waterfowl Prowl led by Eddie Giles. The day started out sunny and cool (40s), interspersed with some thick fog banks. By midday, the temps approached 60 degrees but by midafternoon the clouds had rolled in and we ended the day with rainfall. A recent mild spell ensured that all bodies of water were ice-free. With the exception of the eastern end of the Canal (where we had 1,000s of waterfowl), we encountered no large concentrations of ducks.
50 species (+1 other taxa)
Snow Goose 1 Dunns Pond, Barnstable. Continuing immature bird.
Brant 10
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 12
American Wigeon 12
Mallard X
American Black Duck 8
Northern Pintail 10
Green-winged Teal 9
Ring-necked Duck 30
Greater Scaup 7
Lesser Scaup 5
Common Eider X Literally 1,000s of them at the eastern entrance to the Cape Cod Canal.
Surf Scoter 100
White-winged Scoter 70
Black Scoter 250
Long-tailed Duck 6
Bufflehead X
Common Goldeneye X
Barrow’s Goldeneye 1 Long Pond, Falmouth
Hooded Merganser 10
Common Merganser 15
Red-breasted Merganser 35
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 22
Horned Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 5
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Mourning Dove 12
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
falcon sp. 1 Silhouette seen in thick fog – long pointed wings, long tail, rapid wing beats
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 40
Fish Crow 8
Black-capped Chickadee X Many in song.
Tufted Titmouse X Many in song.
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 MA Skunknett River Sanctuary, seen and heard, travelling together in a group
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 6
European Starling X
Song Sparrow 4 All singing.
Northern Cardinal X Some in song.
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S43385124
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