Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
20-Aug-2023 08:02 – 10:29
Protocol: Traveling
1.496 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – mostly clear, 70s, lovely northwest breeze; Whit-tailed Deer along main path to visitors center and swarms of Tree Swallows
19 species
Mallard  4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2    Flying together
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Herring Gull  6
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Eastern Phoebe  5
Blue Jay  4
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tree Swallow  200    At least
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1    Heard only
Carolina Wren  2    Heard only
European Starling  6
Gray Catbird  5
American Robin  4
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  4
Dark-eyed Junco  2
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