Cape Ann, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 13, 2022 8:00 AM – 2:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk – 27-30 degrees, snowing, poor visibility, and quite windy in spots ( e.g. Halibut point )
47 species (+1 other taxa)
Brant  1
Canada Goose  37
Mallard  49
American Black Duck  12
Greater Scaup  3
Greater/Lesser Scaup  5
Common Eider  83
Harlequin Duck  53    Majority at Halibut Point
Surf Scoter  6
White-winged Scoter  18
Black Scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  24
Bufflehead  44
Common Goldeneye  21
Red-breasted Merganser  51
Red-necked Grebe  1
Mourning Dove  3
Purple Sandpiper  3    Granite Pier Rockport
Thick-billed Murre  1    Eastern Point MAS Sanctuary – in the cove by parking lot casually floating.  Previously reported.
Razorbill  1
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  53
Great Black-backed Gull  57
Common Loon  5
Northern Gannet  1
Great Cormorant  17    10 Atlantic Ave; 7 Granite Pier Rockport.  Many with white flank breeding patch.
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker  1
Blue Jay  18
American Crow  14
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1    Personal residence in Gloucester near Annisquam
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
European Starling  44
American Robin  22
House Sparrow  X
American Pipit  2    Brace’s Cove in the area near OC Warbler; continuing.
House Finch  23
American Goldfinch  6
Fox Sparrow  1    Brace’s Cove, area near the OC Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco  5
White-throated Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  6
Orange-crowned Warbler  1    From the beach at Brace’s Cove Gloucester, near the three junipers.  Continuing.
Northern Cardinal  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S103010793

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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).

VIRTUAL FALL MEETING

You are invited to join us for the BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB 2021 VIRTUAL FALL MEETING October 27, 2021  7:00 – 8:30 PM Register at Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1BQ6FWYRT8earn6zIPeNug Guest Speaker: ROSEMARY MOSCO Cartooning for Bird Conservation Join

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).

VIRTUAL FALL MEETING

You are invited to join us for the BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB 2021 VIRTUAL FALL MEETING October 27, 2021  7:00 – 8:30 PM Register at Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1BQ6FWYRT8earn6zIPeNug Guest Speaker: ROSEMARY MOSCO Cartooning for Bird Conservation Join

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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