Gloucester–Fisherman’s Monument, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 15, 2021 7:50 AM – 8:32 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:    Overcast, 34 degrees, low tide.
Canada Goose  6
Greater Scaup  24
Common Eider  150
Surf Scoter  11
White-winged Scoter  5
Black Scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  3
Bufflehead  18
Red-breasted Merganser  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  40
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull  7
Great Black-backed Gull  8
Common Loon  2
Carolina Wren  1    Heard.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S81893220
Jodrey State Fish Pier, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 15, 2021 8:38 AM – 9:11 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:    Overcast, 35 degrees, low tide.
Canada Goose  6
Common Eider  26
Surf Scoter  5
White-winged Scoter  3
Black Scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  1
Bufflehead  5
Red-breasted Merganser  8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  20
Ring-billed Gull  10
Herring Gull  18
Great Black-backed Gull  21
gull sp.  100    In the distance on roofs.
Common Loon  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S81893224
Eastern Point–General Area, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 15, 2021 9:25 AM – 9:41 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:    Overcast, 34 degrees, light NE wind, low tide rising.
Canada Goose  4
Gadwall  12
Mallard  4
Common Eider  12
Surf Scoter  12
White-winged Scoter  2
Black Scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  1
Bufflehead  17
Red-breasted Merganser  5
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  6
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Common Loon  2
American Crow  3
European Starling  3
American Robin  10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S81893227
Atlantic Ave., Cormorant Rock, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 15, 2021 9:53 AM – 9:59 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:    Overcast, 35 degrees, light NE wind, low tide rising.
Common Eider  3
White-winged Scoter  2
Surf/Black Scoter  3
Bufflehead  2
Herring Gull  2
Great Cormorant  0
American Crow  1    Heard.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S81893229
Atlantic Ave., Ells Club, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 15, 2021 10:03 AM – 10:32 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:    Overcast, 34 degrees, NE wind picking up, low tide rising.
Common Eider  4
Surf Scoter  4
White-winged Scoter  3
Bufflehead  6
Red-breasted Merganser  3
Horned Grebe  1
Red-necked Grebe  11    All together.
Black Guillemot  2
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  4
Common Loon  1
Carolina Wren  1    Heard.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S81893230
Pebble Beach, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 15, 2021 10:57 AM – 11:20 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:    Overcast, 35 degrees, NE wind 5-10 mph, mid-tide rising.
Common Eider  17
Surf Scoter  5
Bufflehead  12
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Purple Sandpiper  12
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
gull sp.  1000    There were a huge number of Gulls out on Milk Island.  At one point they all put up leaving just the Great Cormorants behind.  Quite a sight.
Common Loon  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S81893234
Loblolly Cove, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 15, 2021 11:25 AM – 11:49 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:    Overcast, 35 degrees, NE wind 10 mph, mid-tide rising.  Led BBC walk.
7 species
Common Eider  7
Harlequin Duck  15
Surf Scoter  6
White-winged Scoter  3
Black Scoter  2
Red-breasted Merganser  3
Herring Gull  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S81893236
Granite Pier, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 15, 2021 12:00 PM – 12:17 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:    Overcast, light rain NE wind 10 mph, almost high tide.
Brant  26
Common Eider  7
Surf Scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  1
Bufflehead  2
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  6
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Common Loon  1
Great Cormorant  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S81893240

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