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

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

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