Plum Island (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 13, 2019 2:29 PM – 4:59 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
31 species
Canada Goose 175
Mallard 10
American Black Duck 150
King Eider 1
Common Eider 20
White-winged Scoter 8
Black Scoter 5
Long-tailed Duck 12
Bufflehead 20
Common Goldeneye 6
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Horned Grebe 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 30
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Common Loon 1
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1 Adult at wardens
Bald Eagle 1 Immature (4th year) hunting along river east of wardens
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rough-legged Hawk 1 In flight just south of lot one; light morph
Snowy Owl 2 Very distant; on crane beach (seen from lot 7)
Peregrine Falcon 1 Chasing BAEA
Black-capped Chickadee 2
American Robin 200
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 1
Snow Bunting 8 Wardens
American Tree Sparrow 11 Wardens
Dark-eyed Junco 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51719708
High Street, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 13, 2019 1:18 PM – 1:22 PM
Protocol: Stationary
1 species
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51719721
Cashman Park, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 13, 2019 1:27 PM – 1:48 PM
Protocol: Stationary
7 species
Canada Goose 30
Mallard 4
Bufflehead 22
Common Goldeneye 17
Ring-billed Gull 21
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Crow 9
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51719716
Joppa Park, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 13, 2019 1:53 PM – 2:22 PM
Protocol: Stationary
11 species
Canada Goose 300 Including two partially leucistic individuals
Mallard 35
Northern Pintail 1
Long-tailed Duck 16
Bufflehead 50
Common Goldeneye 20
Red-breasted Merganser 12
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51719713
Plum Island Airport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 13, 2019 2:26 PM
Protocol: Incidental
2 species
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51719709
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Midweek Hunt for Alcids and Seabirds
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Millennium Park
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Sconticut Neck and West Island, Fairhaven
We will make several stops on the neck and then onto West Island to search for winter ducks, loons, grebes and shorebirds.
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Belle Isle Marsh and Vicinity
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Race Point Beach
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