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

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