Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 15, 2021 8:00 AM – 10:11 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – light clouds, north breeze, mild
22 species
Mallard  6
Mourning Dove  1
Black-bellied Plover  1
Ruddy Turnstone  7    On seaweed-covered rock at edge of waves, looking for critters
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Bonaparte’s Gull  1
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  20
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tree Swallow  14
Carolina Wren  2
Gray Catbird  7
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  2
Eastern Towhee  1    Heard only
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S93375324

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