Cape Ann (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US

20-Jan-2024 08:00 – 14:30

Protocol: Traveling

10.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk – bitterly cold ( 11-17 degrees plus wind chill) but managed to find birds in spite of conditions. Mostly cloudy and quite windy, as well.

47 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  86

Gadwall  2    Eastern Point

Mallard  96

American Black Duck  27

Ring-necked Duck  15    Niles Pond in small area of opened water

Greater Scaup  8    Fisherman’s statue

Greater/Lesser Scaup  1    Niles pond, actively diving

Common Eider  64

Harlequin Duck  12

Surf Scoter  27

White-winged Scoter  22

Long-tailed Duck  14

Bufflehead  42

Common Goldeneye  5

Hooded Merganser  11

Red-breasted Merganser  31

Horned Grebe  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  77

Mourning Dove  18

Purple Sandpiper  42

Black Guillemot  1    Back shore

Herring Gull  195

Great Black-backed Gull  34

Lesser Black-backed Gull  1    Jodrey fish pier

gull sp.  35

Red-throated Loon  1

Common Loon  10

Great Cormorant  17

Northern Harrier  2    1 at Loblolly Cove, and a ‘gray ghost’ at Jodrey Fish Pier

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Bald Eagle  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  17

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Horned Lark  5    Good Harbor parking lot

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  23

Hermit Thrush  1    In the thicket near 15 Niles Pond Rd with a large flock of American Robins

American Robin  89    conservative count

House Sparrow  13

Snow Bunting  20    Good Harbor beach parking lot

Clay-colored Sparrow  1    Reported previously by Mike Baird and Dave Williams at Old Garden Beach in Rockport

American Tree Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco  2

Song Sparrow  14

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S159510522