Lake Quannapowitt, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 3, 2019 7:23 AM – 8:43 AM
Checklist Comments:    Led BBC walk.  Sunny, cold, 36 degrees to start.
32 species
Canada Goose  17
Mute Swan  5    Fly-overs. Probably the birds we saw latter at Crystal Lake.
Mallard  12
Black Scoter  12    This is my third record here for them.
Bufflehead  1
Common Merganser  1
Mourning Dove  2
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  51
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Great Blue Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  3
Common Raven  1    This bird was seen and heard by some of the group on our return to the parking area to end the trip.
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
European Starling  7
American Robin  12
House Sparrow  3
American Goldfinch  9
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Red-winged Blackbird  26
Rusty Blackbird  1    Well seen and heard.
Common Grackle  23
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S61170270
Crystal Lake, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 3, 2019 8:47 AM – 9:15 AM
Checklist Comments:    Led BBC walk.  Sunny, cold, 40 degrees to start. Waterfowl were almost non-exsistant.
8 species
Canada Goose  17
Mute Swan  5
Mallard  15
Bufflehead  2
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Osprey  1    Always a target bird for me on this trip.
Song Sparrow  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S61170272
Lynnfield Marsh–IBA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 3, 2019 9:26 AM – 10:30 AM
Checklist Comments:    Led BBC walk. Sunny, cold, 43 degrees to start.
27 species
Canada Goose  67
Mute Swan  5
Mallard  4
Green-winged Teal  7
Bufflehead  13
Hooded Merganser  1
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Killdeer  1    Fly-over, calling.
Ring-billed Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  9
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Hermit Thrush  3
American Robin  3
Snow Bunting  1    Flying overhead, calling.  Good pick-up by Jason.
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  3
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Rusty Blackbird  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S61170273
Suntaug Lake, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 3, 2019 10:35 AM – 10:52 AM
Checklist Comments:    Led BBC walk.  Sunny, 50 degrees.
5 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  7
Ring-necked Duck  X    Up tight to shore on the far side of the lake.  Challenging to discern from Scaup at this distance.
Lesser Scaup  5    This group of five was right in front of us and we’ll seen.
Greater/Lesser Scaup  X    Up tight to shore on the far side of the lake.  Challenging to discern from Ringneck Ducks at this distance.
Ruddy Duck  2
Bald Eagle  1    Adult.  Perched high atop a big Pine on Humpfries Island.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S61170274