Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 19, 2020 8:00 AM – 10:25 AM
Checklist Comments: BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – clear, light wind, warming into 30s
25 species
Brant 3
Mallard 7
Common Eider 8
Harlequin Duck 10
Surf Scoter 3
Red-breasted Merganser 2 Male and female, diving separately
Wild Turkey 3 Crossing Granite Street when leaving park
Razorbill 2 Pair diving actively, seen from Bayview Trail
Herring Gull 11
Iceland Gull 5 Group way out, working upwind, compact with gray above, white below, no black on wingtips
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Red-throated Loon 1 Flying upwind, with stretched out neck and narrow triangular wings beating hard
Common Loon 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 1
European Starling 40 Flock landed in trees near flock of Robins
Gray Catbird 1
American Robin 19 Most in a flock that was in trees near a Starling flock
House Sparrow 6
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 2 Two near feeders in small meadow, with clear breast
Northern Cardinal 1
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