Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

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

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  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #1)

    Hyannis - Pelagic - Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MA, United States

    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #2)

    Hyannis - Pelagic - Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MA, United States

    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

  • Parker River Marsh Cruise

    Newburyport - Yankee Clipper Tours Waterfront Promenade Park, 36 Merrimac Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Explore Parker River National Wildlife Refuge from a new perspective on a cruise through the Parker River marshes! Join us on the Yankee Clipper docked in Newburyport Harbor for a leisurely cruise through the Refuge. Enjoy close views of shorebirds, gulls, terns, and Saltmarsh Sparrows on this tour. Group discount tickets are available by registering

  • Half-Day Seabirding and Whale Watching

    Plymouth - Captain John's Whale Watching Tour Company 10 Town Wharf, Plymouth, MA, United States

    The BBC has reserved a limited block of discounted group tickets on these public tours. These tours are open to all. Register online at https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=330  Registration opens June 19. Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird club. The parking for multiple hours that you need is not near the town wharf. Allow extra time to find

  • Nighthawk Watch at Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge

    Harvard - Oxbow NWR Tank Rd, Harvard, MA, United States

    Join us for a pleasant evening of watching nighthawk migration along the Nashua River valley. Bring a lawn chair or a camp stool. Rain date: Sunday August 30.

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