Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 5, 2020 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Midweek Hunt for Alcids and Seabirds – Leader: Barbara Volkle – 39 degrees, wind off the ocean
Mallard  1
King Eider  1    immature, photo checklist included on s64157010
Common Eider  16
Harlequin Duck  8
Surf Scoter  2
White-winged Scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  4
Herring Gull  8
Common Loon  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
American Robin  2
House Sparrow  12
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S64233937
Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 5, 2020 10:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Canada Goose  6
Gadwall  7
Mallard  10
American Black Duck  6
Greater Scaup  2
Common Eider  45
Surf Scoter  3
White-winged Scoter  4
Black Scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  4
Bufflehead  12
Red-breasted Merganser  16
Common/Thick-billed Murre  2    Thick-billed murres, previously reported from this location
Ring-billed Gull  6
Herring Gull  50
Great Black-backed Gull  30
Great Cormorant  3
American Crow  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S64233967
Andrews Point, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 5, 2020 10:15 AM – 10:40 AM
Common Eider  20
Harlequin Duck  15
Black Scoter  20
Dovekie  2    flyby, distant, no images
Razorbill  10
alcid sp.  10    flyby, distant, no images
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  2
gull sp.  20
Red-throated Loon  1
cormorant sp.  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S64268706
Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 5, 2020 10:55 AM – 11:45 AM
Common Eider  17
Harlequin Duck  2
Surf Scoter  14
White-winged Scoter  11
Long-tailed Duck  2
Bufflehead  12
Common Goldeneye  6
Horned Grebe  9    small flock of 8 together
Purple Sandpiper  55
Razorbill  1
Black Guillemot  5
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  2
Great Cormorant  3
Song Sparrow  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S64233983
Jodrey State Fish Pier, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 5, 2020 12:50 PM – 1:30 PM
Common Eider  23
Surf Scoter  10
Red-breasted Merganser  20
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  45
Dovekie  1    images at checklists s641636 72 & s64158347
Common/Thick-billed Murre  2    point blank range, images at checklists s64163672 & s64158347 & s64164268
Herring Gull  150
Iceland Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Common Loon  3
American Crow  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S64268718

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