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
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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
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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
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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.
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