Halibut Point, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 18, 2016 7:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: I was leading one of Peter Van Demark’s monthly walks, but nobody else showed up! But I love Halibut Point, so I had an enjoyable 3 hours, evenly divided between looking from the rocks for seabirds (variety was thin) and scouring the interior for migrant landbirds (thin here too). The latter was barely successful, with only a single small pocket of migrants. A raven croaking near the parking lot was the only bird remotely out of place.
29 species
Mallard 2
Common Eider 26
White-winged Scoter 8
Common Loon 1 flying NW
Northern Gannet 11 all sub-adults
Great Cormorant 4
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Sanderling 8 fly-by flock
Laughing Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 70
Great Black-backed Gull 13
Mourning Dove 8
Blue Jay 19
American Crow 7
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 14
Tufted Titmouse 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Gray Catbird 7
Brown Thrasher 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 5
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
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