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.

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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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Upcoming Field Trips

  • 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

  • Great Meadows NWR, Concord

    Concord - Great Meadows Concord Unit, Entrance Rd, Concord, MA, United States

    We will walk slowly along the dike looking for rails, shorebirds, and wading birds. The we will continue to an adjacent site where we have permission to enter private property, to look for Night-Herons. On our return, we will look for migrating Common Nighthawks! Note that entrance fee or pass is required. Loaner binoculars available;

  • Early migrants at Drumlin Farm and Van Leer Swamp

    Lincoln - Drumlin Farm 208 S Great Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States

    Join us for a late summer bird walk at Drumlin Farm and Van Leer Swamp, two hotspots in Lincoln where early spring migrants often show up. We expect to see Killdeers, Indigo Buntings, several species of raptors, and hopefully a variety of early migrant Warblers. If we are lucky, we might find a Waterthrush at

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    Parker River NWR - Lot #4 Newbury, MA, United States

    Shorebirds, Herons, & Swallows. Bring a chair, bug spray, and water. Trip runs until dark. Note that an entrance fee or pass is required. Restroom available.

  • 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/

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