Cape Ann (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US
12-Feb-2023 08:00 – 14:00
Protocol: Traveling
13.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC walk that covered Gloucester Harbor, Jodrey Fish Pier, Rocky Neck, Eastern Point, Braces Cove, Back Shore, Loblolly Cove, Granite Pier, and Andrews Point. 32 degrees, sunny, light breeze,31 seals enjoying the day at Braces Cove
43 species
Brant 6 Granite Pier
Canada Goose 18
Gadwall 10
Mallard 6
American Black Duck 4
Greater Scaup 6
Common Eider 59
Harlequin Duck 27
Surf Scoter 35
White-winged Scoter 46
Black Scoter 63 60 at Andrews Point
Long-tailed Duck 4
Bufflehead 47
Red-breasted Merganser 13
Red-necked Grebe 6
Eared Grebe 1 Continuing bird, though seen from Rocky Neck on this day
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 21
Mourning Dove 2
Ruddy Turnstone 16
Purple Sandpiper 12 4 at Rocky Neck, 8 on rock at Granite Pier
Razorbill 12 Andrews Point
Black Guillemot 1 Back shore – seen further up the road close to first motel
Herring Gull 113
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Common Loon 8
Great Cormorant 32 30 seen from the rocks on the back shore
Northern Harrier 1 Loblolly Cove
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 4
House Sparrow 46
American Pipit 4 Previously reported; Braces Cove in the rocks and along he shore/wrack
House Finch 4
Snow Bunting 20 Pebble Beach
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1 Braces Cove
Northern Cardinal 6
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Boston Public Garden
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Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, Worcester
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