Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 20, 2024 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Gorgeous day-I was joined by one other person from South Carolina who heard about the trip from BBC he was visiting relatives, also had a Rockport local join who had read about the trip via a different source not BBC. We got 2 mature & 1 immature Gannet, White Wing Scoters, Red Breasted Nuthatches and other perching birds. Bumped into Jason Barcus. Spoke with someone visiting from Minnesota & gave suggestions on additional birding sites to visit in the area. Saw a Coyote on the outer perimeter of the parking lot but missed a photo because I was taking a photo of the moon & by the time I brought my camera down it had gone into the shrubs.
25 species
White-winged Scoter 10 Had about 3 on the water and 7 fly by.
Mourning Dove 2 In a tree near DCR office.
American Herring Gull 1 Quarry.
Great Black-backed Gull 2 In the Quarry area.
Northern Gannet 3 2 mature, 1 immature at the Overlook at Halibut Point.
Double-crested Cormorant 1 Fly by.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches in close proximity.
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 10
Gray Catbird 1
American Robin 5
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 1 heard only
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201535964
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