Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 15, 2018 8:00 AM – 10:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – 30s, very windy, overcast, snow flurries, lots of ocean birds
29 species

Brant  10
Mallard  25
Common Eider  60
Harlequin Duck  24     Four males and a female with a large Black Scoter flock
Surf Scoter  5
White-winged Scoter  12
Black Scoter  130     Flocks passing plus some on water
Long-tailed Duck  23
Northern Gannet  2
Great Cormorant  6
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  11
Mourning Dove  1
Belted Kingfisher  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2     Pair
Northern Flicker  3
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  3
Carolina Wren  1
Hermit Thrush  2
American Robin  1
Dark-eyed Junco  4
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  3
Red-winged Blackbird  1     Heard only
House Sparrow  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44911646

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