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