Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 9, 2017 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
15.0 mile(s)
Comments: 32 degrees, Calm, Cloudy, then snow
35 species
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 100
American Black Duck 4
Ring-necked Duck 13
Greater Scaup 18
Common Eider 100
Harlequin Duck 20
Surf Scoter 8
White-winged Scoter 12
Black Scoter 6
Bufflehead 25
Common Merganser 8
Red-breasted Merganser 27
Ruddy Duck 10
Common Loon 4
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Red-necked Grebe 1
Great Cormorant 2
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Purple Sandpiper 5
Ring-billed Gull 20
Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull 18
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 40
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 7
Black-capped Chickadee 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Tree Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 1
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