Lake Quannapowitt, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
06-Nov-2022 08:00 – 08:42
Checklist Comments:    BBC TRIP: The Lakes of Wakefield and Lynnfield Led by: Dave Williams
Beautiful morning & unusually warm for this time of year!
Canada Goose  11
Ring-necked Duck  11
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  4
Herring Gull (American)  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Bald Eagle  2
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  7
American Goldfinch  4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
Song Sparrow  1
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S122277082
Lynnfield Marsh–Audubon Rd. & Edgewater, Middlesex, Massachusetts
06-Nov-2022 09:56 – 11:02
Stationary from a few vantage points & some walking
Beautiful morning & unusually warm for this time of year.
Canada Goose  14
Mute Swan  2
Northern Shoveler  1
American Wigeon  1
Mallard  46
American Black Duck  28
Northern Pintail  1
Green-winged Teal (American)  77    Not unusual here: Small dabbling duck with pale, gray barred sides and buff breast with a bold white bar down the side. Head is chestnut-brown with green ear patch. Bill is dark. Male Speculum is flashy green bordered with brown above and white below. Female is mottled brown with dark brown eye-line.
Mourning Dove  2
American Coot (Red-shielded)  3
Ring-billed Gull  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  4
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  4
American Goldfinch  3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S122277083
Suntaug Lake, Peabody/Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts, US
06-Nov-2022 11:17 – 11:45
Gorgeous Coyote present and very healthy looking with great scope looks.
Canada Goose  2
Mute Swan  3
Ring-necked Duck  6
Greater Scaup  1
Lesser Scaup  3
Greater/Lesser Scaup  4
Bufflehead  24
Hooded Merganser  12
Common Merganser (North American)  2
Ruddy Duck  9
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Mourning Dove  1
Ring-billed Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
American Crow  8
American Robin  5
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S122277081

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