Cape Ann (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 26, 2019 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC Walk – sunny, 28 degrees at the start, little wind.
45 species
Canada Goose 135
Gadwall 4
American Wigeon 3 Brace Cove
Mallard 210
American Black Duck 51
Northern Pintail 2 Rockport Harbor
Greater Scaup 7
King Eider 1 Eastern Point – thanks to Sean Williams
Common Eider 435
Harlequin Duck 72
Surf Scoter 43
White-winged Scoter 17
Black Scoter 11
Long-tailed Duck 19
Bufflehead 89
Common Goldeneye 8
Red-breasted Merganser 27
Horned Grebe 2
Red-necked Grebe 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 83
Mourning Dove 6
Purple Sandpiper 0 Noticeably absent everywhere we checked
Razorbill 1
Black Guillemot 5 1 Jodrey Pier, 3 Bass Rocks, 1 Loblolly Cove
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Common Loon 13
Great Cormorant 9
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Snowy Owl 1
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 Private residence
Peregrine Falcon 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 48
Tufted Titmouse 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 6
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 143
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
House Sparrow 48
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53318331
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