Newburyport & vicinity, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 1, 2024 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: My Brookline Bird Club 27th Annual New Year’s Day List. Trip Leaders: Mark Burns and me.
Started the trip at 9AM at Cashman Park and traveled to Salisbury Beach State Park, Plum Island, Stackyard Road, and Scotland Road, where we ended the trip at 4PM.
Weather: Partly sunny sky, temps hovered around 32°F, little to no wind.
51 species
Snow Goose 1
Gadwall 8
Mallard 24
American Black Duck 60
Northern Pintail 18
Green-winged Teal 15
Common Eider 24
Surf Scoter 35
White-winged Scoter 60
Black Scoter 9
Long-tailed Duck 16
Bufflehead 3
Common Goldeneye 4
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Horned Grebe 7
Red-necked Grebe 5
Mourning Dove 19
Sanderling 28
Dunlin 1
Purple Sandpiper 1
Pomarine Jaeger 2 Seen from Parking Lot 1 at PRNWR by many.
Ring-billed Gull 16
Herring Gull 85
Great Black-backed Gull 22
Red-throated Loon 4
Common Loon 12
Northern Gannet 33
Great Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Northern Harrier 7
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Long-eared Owl 1 Seen by many.
Short-eared Owl 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 13
American Crow 27
Tufted Titmouse 3
European Starling 27
Northern Mockingbird 6
American Robin 40
House Sparrow 12
American Goldfinch 13
Lark Sparrow 1 Seen at Salisbury Beach State Park by many.
American Tree Sparrow 16
Dark-eyed Junco 18
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 34
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S165490664
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