Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 20, 2021 8:00 AM – 10:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.75 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – clear, calm, warming to 80s
22 species
Mourning Dove  2
Herring Gull  10    One caught a nine inch fish and ate it on the rocks
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Green Heron  2    One actively hunting from perches along quarry
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  7
Tree Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  1
House Wren  2    Heard only
European Starling  2
Gray Catbird  4
American Robin  1
House Sparrow  3
American Goldfinch  2
Song Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  7
Baltimore Oriole  4
Common Grackle  4
Common Yellowthroat  1    Heard only
Northern Cardinal  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S90864549

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

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