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

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