Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Mar 20, 2022 8:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – fog burning off to light clouds, calm, warming to 50s
35 species
Canada Goose  9    Flock flew over
Common Eider  10
Harlequin Duck  22
Surf Scoter  3
Black Scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  20
Red-breasted Merganser  3
Red-necked Grebe  5
Mourning Dove  4
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  10
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Red-throated Loon  1
Great Cormorant  2
Great Egret  1    Flying north
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1    On dead trees along main trail to visitors center
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1    Heard only
Downy Woodpecker  4
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Carolina Wren  3
American Robin  9
House Finch  1
Fox Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  5
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  5
Red-winged Blackbird  1    Heard only
Common Grackle  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S105398791

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines. [...]

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines. [...]

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines. [...]

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