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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