Cape Ann (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 6, 2021 8:58 AM – 2:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
19.039 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Cape Ann Birding Trip – Leader: Peter Van Demark – partly sunny, strong west wind, about 40
21 species
Gadwall  5
Mallard  4
Greater Scaup  20
Common Eider  55
Harlequin Duck  31
Surf Scoter  5
White-winged Scoter  9
Long-tailed Duck  22
Bufflehead  24
Red-breasted Merganser  13
Horned Grebe  1
Red-necked Grebe  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  40
Purple Sandpiper  15
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  104
Great Black-backed Gull  10
Common Loon  5
Great Cormorant  15
Peregrine Falcon  1
American Crow  5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S80577478

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