Cape Ann (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US

10-Feb-2024 08:00 – 15:00

Protocol: Traveling

10.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Walk – beautiful sunny day, 37-50 degrees.

39 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  4

Gadwall  3    Eastern Point

Mallard  25

American Black Duck  2

Ring-necked Duck  4    Niles Pond

Greater Scaup  6    Niles Pond

Lesser Scaup  4    Niles Pond

Common Eider  142

Harlequin Duck  15

Surf Scoter  67

White-winged Scoter  19

Long-tailed Duck  21

Bufflehead  44

Common Goldeneye  10

Hooded Merganser  2    Niles Pond

Red-breasted Merganser  43

Horned Grebe  4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  30

Mourning Dove  4

Purple Sandpiper  21

Black Guillemot  1    Back shores

Thick-billed Murre  1    Seen from the North Shore Artist association parking area.  Previously reported from Jodrey Fish Pier.

Herring Gull  95

Great Black-backed Gull  15

gull sp.  30

Common Loon  15

Great Cormorant  15    One with breeding patch

Belted Kingfisher  1

Peregrine Falcon  1

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  6

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  21

American Robin  4

House Sparrow  35

House Finch  4

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Rusty Blackbird  4    Seen from the beach at Brace’s Cove.  ID:  process of elimination.  Smallish blackbird ( r/o Common Grackle) , yellow eye , no red in wing in flight ( r/o Red-wing Blackbird).  Yellow eye r/o Brown-headed Cowbird. Relatively short pointy bill ( r/0 Starling). This was  most likely ID – open to other opitons.

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S161612670

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

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