Cape Ann-Gloucester & Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jan 8, 2022 8:26 AM – 2:17 PM

Checklist Comments:    BBC Bird Walk about 14 people, Gloucester Harbor, Jodrey Fish Pier, Wonson Cove at Rocky Neck, Brace Cove and Niles Pond, Bass Rocks at Elks Club, Granite Pier, Cathedral Ledge, and Halibut Point.

37 species

Brant  14    Brace Cove flock and one in Rockport

Canada Goose  50

Mallard  70

Greater Scaup  14    Gloucester harbor and Niles Pond

Lesser Scaup  2    Mixed flock in Niles Pond very close looks at the different head shapes between Great and Lesser Scaup. A photo added in Bufflehead has a Lesser Scaup in the middle of the frame along with Buffleheads

Common Eider  35

Harlequin Duck  30    Granite Pier, Cathedral Ledge, and Halibut Point

Surf Scoter  16

White-winged Scoter  8    D I I’ll no I’m

Black Scoter  4    Halibut Point

Long-tailed Duck  14    2 in Gloucester Harbor and larger flock at Halibut Point.

Bufflehead  16

Common Goldeneye  9

Red-breasted Merganser  45

Horned Grebe  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Razorbill  3    Granite Pier and Halibut Point

Black Guillemot  3    Two by bass rocks one at Granite pier

Ring-billed Gull  10

Herring Gull  15

Glaucous Gull  1

Great Black-backed Gull  7

Red-throated Loon  2

Common Loon  5

Great Cormorant  16

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  21

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  40

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  40

American Pipit  3    At Brace Cove feeding on seaweed

House Finch  1

Song Sparrow  3

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S100841174