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

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

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