Cape Ann-Gloucester & Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 5, 2019 8:30 AM – 1:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
10.0 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline Bird Club trip with John Nelson and I leading. Rainy forecast did not materialize and though there were a few sprinkles, it was mostly dry, mild and overcast. 40degrees the Harbor was glass like in the AM, wind did pick up some as morning wore on.
36 species
Canada Goose 27
Mallard 55
American Black Duck 46
Greater Scaup 8 Niles Pond
Lesser Scaup 1 Niles Pond
Common Eider 275
Harlequin Duck 65 Cathedral ledge and Andrews Point
Surf Scoter 23
White-winged Scoter 40
Black Scoter 28 Mostly at Andrews Point
Long-tailed Duck 16
Bufflehead 36
Common Goldeneye 14
Red-breasted Merganser 56
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 40
Purple Sandpiper 12 Dogbar Breakwater
Razorbill 1 Andrews Point
Black Guillemot 1 Gloucester Harbor
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Iceland Gull 1 Jodrey Fish Pier
Great Black-backed Gull X
Red-throated Loon 3
Common Loon 14
Great Cormorant 8 Rockport breakwater by dry selvages
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 23
Common Raven 1
Horned Lark 13 Good Harbor parking lot
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Carolina Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 25
Song Sparrow 1
House Sparrow 10
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