Gloucester Harbor, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jul 18, 2025 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC sponsored 7 seas whale and birding. MH and JE
10 species
Common Eider 9
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
American Herring Gull 110
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 225
Osprey 1
Tree Swallow 1
House Sparrow 1
Common Grackle 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S267087581
Jeffreys Ledge–Scantum Basin, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jul 18, 2025 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
47.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: MH & JE. From outside the Gloucester harbor to Jeffreys Ledge to North Stellwegen and back on BBC sponsored Seven Seas boat
12 species (+2 other taxa)
Common Eider 2
Least Sandpiper 3 fly by
Laughing Gull 1
American Herring Gull 35
Great Black-backed Gull 24
gull sp. 6
Common Tern 2
Common Loon 1
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel 22
Cory’s Shearwater 5
shearwater sp. 3
Northern Gannet 1
Double-crested Cormorant 26
Tree Swallow 3 fly by
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S267087590
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On a brisk but sunny October 24th morning, the Privateer IV left the 7 Seas Whale Watch dock within the calm Gloucester Harbor
Parker River NWR Marsh Cruise
Parker River NWR Marsh Cruise This August the BBC sponsored three cruises around the marshes of Parker River NWR aboard the Yankee Clipper departing from downtown Newburyport. On the evening of Sunday the 17th we [...]
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