Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 21, 2018 8:00 AM – 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.6 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – clear, light NNW breeze, warming and very pleasant
26 species
Mallard 50 Lots of circling around
Common Eider 22
Harlequin Duck 11
White-winged Scoter 2
Black Scoter 6
Long-tailed Duck 9
Bufflehead 4
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Common Loon 2
Great Cormorant 5
Herring Gull 14
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1 Heard only
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
American Robin 12
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 2
House Finch 3
House Sparrow 10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S42378390
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