Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 16, 2025 7:54 AM – 10:07 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.713 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip with 14 birders.

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Overcast clouds

Temperature: 44 – 50°F

Wind: Mostly calm – moderate breeze

Wind Direction: SW – W

Cloud Cover: 100%

Humidity: 87 – 95%

Dew point: 43 – 47°F

Sunrise: 6:35am

Sunset: 4:19pm

Weather generated by <a href=”https://raincrow.app/”>RainCrow</a>

30 species

Mallard  5

Common Eider  150

Harlequin Duck  60

Surf Scoter  20

White-winged Scoter  20

Black Scoter  20

Long-tailed Duck  12

Red-breasted Merganser  2

Sanderling  12

Bonaparte’s Gull  1

Ring-billed Gull  6

American Herring Gull  80

Great Black-backed Gull  5

Red-throated Loon  2

Common Loon  2

Northern Gannet  70

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  200

Eastern Bluebird  1

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  12

Snow Bunting  2

Song Sparrow  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S284906613

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