Cohasset to Marshfield, Massachusetts, US

Feb 29, 2020 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

9.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    The trip started in Cohasset and ended at Green Harbor, Marshfield. Conditions were clear and cold with a light wind at times.

30 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  21

Mallard  24

American Black Duck  76

Common Eider  22

Surf Scoter  2

White-winged Scoter  10

Bufflehead  89

Common Goldeneye  8

Red-breasted Merganser  6

Mourning Dove  6

Herring Gull  X

Great Black-backed Gull  4    All at Brant Rock

Common Loon  4

Great Cormorant  1    Brant Rock

cormorant sp.  21    Looked like double-crested, no breeding patch. Fourteen at Minot Beach. Seven at Brant Rock, seen well through scope in presence of a Great Cormorant for comparison.

Great Blue Heron  2

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  9

Fish Crow  2    Minot Beach, heard and seen well.

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  2

American Robin  3

House Sparrow  4

House Finch  5

Song Sparrow  6

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S65586907