Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 16, 2018 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – Mostly clear, mild, NE wind blowing pelagics in
19 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  19     In quarry
Common Eider  4     Female and three young
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  20
Northern Gannet  8     Diving off Andrews Pt
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Turkey Vulture  1
hawk sp.  1     Too quick to tell species
Downy Woodpecker  2     Pair
Blue Jay  1     Heard only
American Crow  3
Tree Swallow  24
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Gray Catbird  3
Cedar Waxwing  1
American Goldfinch  2     Heard only

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715822

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