Cape Ann (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US
21-Jan-2023 08:00 – 14:00
Protocol: Traveling
13.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC walk: 31 degrees, cloudy with light wind. Trip started at Gloucester Harbor, then stops at Jodrey Fish Pier, Rocky Neck, Niles Beach, Eastern Point, Elks Club, Pebbly Beach, Loblolly Cove, Granite Pier, and Andrews Point. Due to the # of cars and flooding on Brace Cove Rd, we were not able to visit Niles Pond/Brace Cove. It was a bit icy to start, with some sleet but precipitation stopped, roads were clear and it warmed up to the high 30’s.
51 species
Canada Goose 85
Gadwall 15
Mallard 36
American Black Duck 33
Common Eider 125
Harlequin Duck 21
Surf Scoter 90
White-winged Scoter 37
Black Scoter 27
Long-tailed Duck 39
Bufflehead 83
Common Goldeneye 7
Red-breasted Merganser 53
Horned Grebe 6
Red-necked Grebe 12
Eared Grebe 1 Continuing, seen from Niles Beach
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 75
Mourning Dove 9
Ruddy Turnstone 7
Purple Sandpiper 2 Granite pier, Rockport
Common Murre 3 Andrews Point, Rockport, at the end of Long Branch Rd. Seen on the water moving NW One seen well showing black line through the white in the face.Longer thinner bills than Thick-billed.
Razorbill 4 Andrews Point – end of Long Branch Ave
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 Pebbly Beach
Bonaparte’s Gull 1 Andrew’s Point, Rockport
Ring-billed Gull 50
Herring Gull 180
Iceland Gull 1 Pebbly Beach
Great Black-backed Gull 66
Red-throated Loon 2
Common Loon 22
Northern Gannet 4
Great Cormorant 19
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 25
American Crow 35
Black-capped Chickadee 14
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 6
European Starling 50
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 100
House Sparrow 50
House Finch 25
American Goldfinch 3
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 15
Northern Cardinal 7
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S126878924