Cape Ann (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 10, 2018
Protocol: Historical
Comments: BBC Trip to Cape Ann, Ida Giriunas leader
38 species
Canada Goose 6
Mallard 4
American Black Duck 6
Greater Scaup 50
King Eider 1
Common Eider 100
Harlequin Duck 50
Surf Scoter 4
White-winged Scoter 12
Black Scoter 6
Long-tailed Duck 12
Bufflehead 20
Common Goldeneye 16
Barrow’s Goldeneye 1
Red-breasted Merganser 18
Common Loon 10
Horned Grebe 2
Great Cormorant 2
Purple Sandpiper 4
Dovekie 2
Thick-billed Murre 1 Recorded by the BBC trip
Razorbill 2
Atlantic Puffin 1 Recorded by the BBC trip
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 20
Mourning Dove 6
Snowy Owl 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 20
Cedar Waxwing 6
Song Sparrow 2
House Sparrow 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46100472
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