Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 15, 2022 8:02 AM – 10:13 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.02 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip led by Caroline Haines

33 species

Common Eider  8

White-winged Scoter  2

Long-tailed Duck  3

Wild Turkey  1    Heard, not seen

Mourning Dove  2

Herring Gull  7

Great Black-backed Gull  6

Double-crested Cormorant  7

Green Heron  1    Vocalizing above quarry

Peregrine Falcon  1    Perched at the overlook for at least 15 minutes. Bands on both legs, metal on right leg, colored band on left. Flew over quarry and attempted unsuccessfully to take a duck. Perched in tree near quarry.

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

White-eyed Vireo  1    Singing and foraging in brush

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tree Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  1

House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  3

Gray Catbird  9

Brown Thrasher  2

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  1

American Goldfinch  1

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  8    3 seen, the rest heard only

Baltimore Oriole  2    Heard, not seen

Common Grackle  9

American Redstart  1    Heard, not seen

Magnolia Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  11

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S110859888