Lake Quannapowitt, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 5, 2017 7:45 AM – 8:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Led BBC walk. 49 degrees, overcast, light wind.
16 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  55     On the Town Green
Greater/Lesser Scaup  2
Bufflehead  6
Hooded Merganser  4
Common Merganser  10
Red-throated Loon  1     Continuing bird found by Melissa Souvey a couple of days ago.  On the far side of the lake, no photos.
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Great Blue Heron  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Ring-billed Gull  58
Herring Gull  20
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Mourning Dove  1
Blue Jay  2
European Starling  60
Rusty Blackbird  3     Seen across the cove from the yacht club.  There were possibly several more Rustie’s there, too.
blackbird sp.  5
American Goldfinch  7

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Crystal Lake, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 5, 2017 8:55 AM – 9:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.3 mile(s)
Comments:     Led BBC walk.
12 species

Canada Goose  56
Mute Swan  6
Mallard  20
American Black Duck  2
Green-winged Teal  48     This number is not unusual for this location at this time of year.  The part of the lake they frequent is very shallow allowing for good foraging opportunities.
Ring-necked Duck  3
Hooded Merganser  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
American Coot  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1     Fly over, calling as we entered the area.
Herring Gull  1
Belted Kingfisher  1

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Lynnfield Marsh–IBA, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 5, 2017 9:55 AM – 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Led BBC walk. Birded this IBA area from Audubon Rd. and the business park.
9 species

Mute Swan  2
Mallard  2
American Black Duck  3
Bufflehead  6
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  5

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Pillings Pond, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 5, 2017 10:55 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     Led BBC walk.
4 species

Canada Goose  15
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Ring-billed Gull  1
Blue Jay  1

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Suntaug Lake, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 5, 2017 11:05 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
Comments:     Led BBC walk.
16 species (+1 other taxa)

Ring-necked Duck  2
Greater/Lesser Scaup  12     Way far out for certain ID.
Hooded Merganser  10
Ruddy Duck  6
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  75     5 on the Res. and alarmed skein of 70 flying high overhead.
Osprey  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  1     Adult on its usual perch on Humpfries Island.
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  20     Big mob in the distance.
Carolina Wren  1     Heard.
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Dark-eyed Junco  12
Song Sparrow  3

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