Gooseberry Neck, Bristol, Massachusetts, US

Oct 6, 2019 6:20 AM – 8:10 AM

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club trip: Gooseberry Neck, Westport-Leader Nick Paulson

Quiet birding day windy and choppy seas west, calm flat seas east.

17 species

Mute Swan  1

Black-bellied Plover  1

Pectoral Sandpiper  1

American Woodcock  1

Red Phalarope  3    Large flyby phalropes off S tip. Gray and white. Mostly white underneath wings. Paler than RN Phalarope. Rare and unexpected for the location.

Bonaparte’s Gull  3

Herring Gull  20

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Great Cormorant  1

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Gray Catbird  2

White-crowned Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  4

Swamp Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  1

Bobolink  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S63336855