Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
21-Aug-2022 08:00 – 10:20
Protocol: Traveling
1.44 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – hot, calm, mostly clear; long sunfish sighting, and lots of chipmunks
24 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard  16    Mostly in quarry
White-winged Scoter  1
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Herring Gull  59
Great Black-backed Gull  7
Double-crested Cormorant  9
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue Jay  5    Heard only
American Crow  7
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  3
Tree Swallow  8
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  2    Heard only, scolding each other
Gray Catbird  12
Brown Thrasher  1
American Robin  3
Red-winged Blackbird  1    Female
Common Yellowthroat  1
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)  1    Yellow below, darker above, in bushes along trail
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S117473213

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