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Granite Pier, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 18, 2019 11:00 AM – 11:18 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     30 degrees, light, wind driven snow.
10 species

Common Eider  17
Harlequin Duck  5
Surf Scoter  25
White-winged Scoter  2
Bufflehead  6
Herring Gull  6
Iceland Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Common Loon  1
Great Cormorant  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53318841

Niles Pond & Brace Cove, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 18, 2019 9:50 AM – 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.6 mile(s)
Comments:     30 degrees, light snow and wind.
10 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  3
Mute Swan  1
Mallard  40
Greater Scaup  7
Greater/Lesser Scaup  2
Bufflehead  3
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Herring Gull  28
Great Black-backed Gull  9
American Crow  1
Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53318837

Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 18, 2019 9:30 AM – 9:47 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     30 degrees, light snow and wind.
14 species

Canada Goose  6
Gadwall  2
Mallard  5
American Black Duck  17
Common Eider  4
Bufflehead  11
Common Goldeneye  2
Red-breasted Merganser  5
Horned Grebe  1
Herring Gull  4
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Common Loon  1
American Tree Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53318836

Jodrey State Fish Pier, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 18, 2019 8:42 AM – 9:10 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     30 degrees, light snow, little wind.
10 species (+1 other taxa)

Common Eider  19
Surf Scoter  3
Red-breasted Merganser  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  30
Razorbill  1
alcid sp.  1     Small black and white Alcid.  Got on it just as it dove, never to be seen again.
Ring-billed Gull  6
Herring Gull  60
Great Black-backed Gull  35
Common Loon  2
Peregrine Falcon  1     Sitting on the roof of a building right next to the gulls.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53318835
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Gloucester–Fisherman’s Monument, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 18, 2019 7:48 AM – 8:36 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     29 degrees, light snow, no wind.
13 species

Canada Goose  2
Mallard  2
American Black Duck  2
Common Eider  31
Surf Scoter  1
Bufflehead  17
Common Goldeneye  1
Red-breasted Merganser  9
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  25
Herring Gull  11
Great Black-backed Gull  7
Common Loon  5
American Crow  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53318833

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Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #1)

    Hyannis - Pelagic - Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MA, United States

    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #2)

    Hyannis - Pelagic - Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MA, United States

    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

  • Parker River Marsh Cruise

    Newburyport - Yankee Clipper Tours Waterfront Promenade Park, 36 Merrimac Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Explore Parker River National Wildlife Refuge from a new perspective on a cruise through the Parker River marshes! Join us on the Yankee Clipper docked in Newburyport Harbor for a leisurely cruise through the Refuge. Enjoy close views of shorebirds, gulls, terns, and Saltmarsh Sparrows on this tour. Group discount tickets are available by registering

  • Half-Day Seabirding and Whale Watching

    Plymouth - Captain John's Whale Watching Tour Company 10 Town Wharf, Plymouth, MA, United States

    The BBC has reserved a limited block of discounted group tickets on these public tours. These tours are open to all. Register online at https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=330  Registration opens June 19. Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird club. The parking for multiple hours that you need is not near the town wharf. Allow extra time to find

  • Nighthawk Watch at Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge

    Harvard - Oxbow NWR Tank Rd, Harvard, MA, United States

    Join us for a pleasant evening of watching nighthawk migration along the Nashua River valley. Bring a lawn chair or a camp stool. Rain date: Sunday August 30.

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