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

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S63601190