Jodrey State Fish Pier, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 14, 2017 9:00 AM – 12:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
12.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Midweek Hunt for Alcids and Seabirds – Leader: Barbara Volkle – Halibut Point, Andrews Point, Cathedral, Bass Rocks, Jodrey Fish Pier – 20 to 30 degrees, light breeze
30 species
Canada Goose 4
Mallard 26
American Black Duck 13
Common Eider 125
Harlequin Duck 39
Surf Scoter 5
White-winged Scoter 20
Black Scoter 23
Long-tailed Duck 3
Bufflehead 36
Red-breasted Merganser 22
Common Loon 3
Red-necked Grebe 3
Northern Gannet 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Purple Sandpiper 45
Black Guillemot 10 Bass Rocks
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 43
Great Black-backed Gull 40
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 16
Downy Woodpecker 2
Peregrine Falcon 1 Gloucester Town Hall, eating a rock pigeon
Blue Jay 14
American Crow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Song Sparrow 1
House Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S43817879
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