Cape Ann (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US

Feb 8, 2020 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Cape Ann, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – Clear, breezy,20s

Gadwall  12    9 Eastern Point, 3 Brace Cove

Mallard  25    Niles Pond

American Black Duck  2    CL

Greater Scaup  40    Niles Pond

Common Eider  45    45 Fishermen’s Memorial, many more elsewhere

Harlequin Duck  10    6 Cathedral Ledges, 4 Andrews Point

Surf Scoter  15    5 Fishermen’s Memorial

White-winged Scoter  10    Cathedral Ledge

Black Scoter  2

Long-tailed Duck  1    Jodfrey Fish Pier

Bufflehead  30    2 Fishermen’s Memorial, many elsewhere

Red-breasted Merganser  7    7 Fishermen’s Memorial  many Niles Pond

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  13    Gloucester Harbor

Purple Sandpiper  12    Andrews Point

Dovekie  4    One from Maritime Gloucester Pier, one 10 yards from end of Jodrey Fish Pier, 2 Cathedral Ledges

Razorbill  1    1 Andrews Point

Black Guillemot  2    1 North Shore Art Assoc, 1 Back Shore

Herring Gull  300    At least, many in Gloucester Harbor

Great Black-backed Gull  100    At least, many in Gloucester Harbor

Red-throated Loon  2    Andrews Point

Common Loon  2

Northern Gannet  2    2 Brace Cove

Peregrine Falcon  1    Andrews Point

American Crow  20    Several places

Song Sparrow  3    2 Niles Pond, 1 Back Shore

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S64401561