Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 12, 2019 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Midweek Trip for Alcids and Seabirds – Leader: Barbara Volkle – sun, 26 degrees
Herring Gull  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Blue Jay  10
American Crow  1
Townsend’s Solitaire  1    previously found bird
American Robin  1
American Goldfinch  12
American Tree Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S62993778
Andrews Point, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 12, 2019 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Common Eider  72
Harlequin Duck  37
White-winged Scoter  7
Black Scoter  75
Long-tailed Duck  11
Bufflehead  2
alcid sp.  5
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Great Cormorant  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S62993775
Cathedral Ledge, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 12, 2019 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Mallard  2
Common Eider  25
Harlequin Duck  5
Black Scoter  10
Long-tailed Duck  1
Red-breasted Merganser  6
Razorbill  5
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  2
Common Loon  1
Northern Gannet  2
Great Cormorant  1
Song Sparrow  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S62993767
Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 12, 2019 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Canada Goose  10
Gadwall  2
American Wigeon  2
Mallard  81
American Black Duck  6
Ring-necked Duck  15
Common Eider  110
Surf Scoter  3
Bufflehead  8
Red-breasted Merganser  52
Herring Gull  80
Great Black-backed Gull  65
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1    juvenile, known roosting location Niles Pond
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Crow  14
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S62993759
Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 12, 2019 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Common Eider  71
Surf Scoter  6
White-winged Scoter  45
Bufflehead  96
Red-breasted Merganser  21
Red-necked Grebe  3
Black Guillemot  7
Herring Gull  25
Red-throated Loon  1
Northern Gannet  1
Great Cormorant  14
American Crow  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S62993748
Jodrey State Fish Pier, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 12, 2019 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Common Eider  15
Red-breasted Merganser  20
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  30
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  50
Great Black-backed Gull  30
Peregrine Falcon  1    vicinity of town hall, perched
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S62993743

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