Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Mar 21, 2021 8:00 AM – 10:56 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.883 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – Clear, calm, warming from high 39s to low 50s: spectacular viewing!; quick view of fox
34 species
Brant 52 Flying east along coast, later seen out in bay toward Great Neck; more flew near Folly Point; six in Folly Cove
Mallard 4
Common Eider 5
Harlequin Duck 33
White-winged Scoter 5
Black Scoter 16
Long-tailed Duck 4
Bufflehead 2
Common Goldeneye 2
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Mourning Dove 1 Heard only
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Common Loon 7 Most way out in Ipswich Bay; very calm
Great Cormorant 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 Immature. On top of telephone pole.
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
European Starling 12
American Robin 3
House Sparrow 1
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 3
American Tree Sparrow 4 In bushes near mulch pile
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Northern Cardinal 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S83841536