Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Mar 18, 2018 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Guest Leader: Barbara Buls – temperature in teens, very windy (scoping through tears, couldn’t keep binoculars still enough on Grout Pile)
21 species

Brant  3
Mallard  200     At least, seen flying overhead from parking lot, then on water in the quarry
Common Eider  2
Harlequin Duck  28
White-winged Scoter  7
Long-tailed Duck  12
Bufflehead  17
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Herring Gull  4
Blue Jay  3     2 heard, 1 seen
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  10     At least
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
American Robin  20     Flock in the Back 40
Cedar Waxwing  6     A highlight of the walk
Dark-eyed Junco  2
Northern Cardinal  3     1 heard, 2 seen
Red-winged Blackbird  1     Heard only
House Finch  3
House Sparrow  4     At least

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S43817946

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