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

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

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