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