Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 25, 2020 9:04 AM – 11:31 AM
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk with 12 participants; cloudy and mid 40’s with 8-10 mph easterly winds which picked up later in the afternoon.
30 species (+2 other taxa)
Mallard  50
Common Eider  13
Harlequin Duck  24
White-winged Scoter  1
Black Scoter  6
Long-tailed Duck  5
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Dovekie  20    Very small ball alcid both flying and in water.
Thick-billed Murre  5    Large alcid pointed bill but not as long as common
Common/Thick-billed Murre  15    Large alcids lacking larger bill of razorbill
Razorbill  42
alcid sp.  5
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Pacific Loon  1    Chin strap. Medium size loon. Very dark mantle with white flank patch. White patch on face. Lacking heavy bill of Common Loon. Bill held parallel to water. Rounded head, not block shaped.
Common Loon  3
Great Cormorant  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2    Seen together. Lacking stripes of GCKI.
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
European Starling  10
Gray Catbird  1
American Robin  20
Cedar Waxwing  13
White-throated Sparrow  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S63859153
Good Harbor Beach & Marsh, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 25, 2020 11:52 AM – 11:57 AM
Canada Goose  100
American Black Duck  100
Common Eider  20
White-winged Scoter  3
Bufflehead  15
Red-breasted Merganser  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S63859160
Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 25, 2020 12:10 PM – 12:32 PM
Common Eider  20
White-winged Scoter  10
Bufflehead  5
Razorbill  1
Black Guillemot  2
Herring Gull  10
Common Loon  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S63859163
Eastern Point–General Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 25, 2020 12:27 PM – 1:47 PM
Canada Goose  100
Gadwall  4
American Wigeon  2
Mallard  56
American Black Duck  2
Greater Scaup  35
Common Eider  70
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  5
Bufflehead  15
Common Goldeneye  4
Red-breasted Merganser  7
Horned Grebe  1
Black-headed Gull  1
Ring-billed Gull  20
Herring Gull  100
Iceland Gull  2    One at dog Barnard one on ice at Niles Pond
Great Black-backed Gull  100
Common Loon  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1    Continuing Immature bird at Niles Pond
American Crow  12
American Pipit  1    Continuing bird on seaweed mounds at Braces Cove.
Song Sparrow  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S63859168
Jodrey State Fish Pier, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 25, 2020 1:49 PM – 2:29 PM
Common Eider  X
Surf Scoter  3
White-winged Scoter  6
Long-tailed Duck  2
Bufflehead  6
Common Goldeneye  3
Red-breasted Merganser  15
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  50
Thick-billed Murre  1    Large alcid with blunter but spiked bill.
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Common Loon  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S63859171

 

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ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

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Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

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