New England Biolabs, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 19, 2018 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: This was stop one on my BBC morning trip in Ipswich. We had good luck with raptors here.
25 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 4
Mallard 40 plus
American Black Duck 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2 Pair of adults flew right over us. Beautiful birds.
Bald Eagle 1 This bird too flew over us. Much white on underside of wings, body, and tail.
Red-tailed Hawk 2 One was adult; the other looked like a yearling with a partially red tail.
hawk sp. 1 Landed in a tree too far to ID without a scope. Probably another redtail..
Herring Gull 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Eastern Bluebird 9 mostly males, singing all over the place
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 17
American Tree Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 4
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 14 all singing males
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 7
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47311475
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Pavilion Beach, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 19, 2018 10:00 AM – 10:40 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: This was stop two on my BBC morning trip in Ipswich. Lotsa ducks and loons, but we could see no shorebirds on PI.
18 species
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 4 2 pairs in salt water
American Black Duck 24
Common Eider 700 Big flock flew and drifted back and forth between the channel and Crane Beach.
White-winged Scoter 30
Black Scoter 1
Long-tailed Duck 15
Bufflehead 23
Common Goldeneye 1
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Common Loon 39 minimum count
Rough-legged Hawk 1 dark-morph bird hovering over Plum I.
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 65
Great Black-backed Gull 3
American Crow 3
Song Sparrow 1
House Sparrow 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47311473
Clark Pond, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 19, 2018 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: This was stop three on my BBC morning trip in Ipswich. Pond completely frozen.
7 species (+1 other taxa)
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Herring Gull 5
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
sparrow sp. 2 in thick shrubs at base of viewing platform, but we couldn’t get them to show themselves or make a sound
Northern Cardinal 2
House Finch 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47311472
pswich Bay Yacht Club, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 19, 2018 11:05 AM – 11:40 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: This was stop four on my BBC morning trip in Ipswich. We saw more eiders and a 2nd roughleg from this overlook to PI, but still no shorebirds.
15 species
Brant 32 too distant to verify whether they were all Atlantic brant
Common Eider 250 This many were here as soon as we arrived and were different from the Pavilion Beach flock. This flock eventually doubled in size, but I suspect they were augmented by birds from the other flock.
White-winged Scoter 4
Long-tailed Duck 8
Common Goldeneye 15
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Common Loon 2
Rough-legged Hawk 1 This was a light-morph bird perched up on Stage I., hence different from the dark-morph we saw from Pavilion Beach.
Ring-billed Gull 50 rough guess at distant flock
Herring Gull 70 rough guess at distant flock
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 20
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
European Starling 9
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47311471
Ipswich River — Town Wharf, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 19, 2018 12:15 PM – 12:20 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: I went here after my BBC group disbanded and saw a 2nd turkey vulture.
6 species
Bufflehead 3
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
American Crow 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47311469
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