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Cashman Park, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 20, 2021 8:03 AM – 8:32 AM
Protocol: Stationary
19 species
Canada Goose  24
Mallard  2
Greater Scaup  4
Lesser Scaup  1    Immature male.  Distinctly peaked head with peak behind the eye in contrast to more rounded heads of GRSC with peak in front of the eye.
Long-tailed Duck  5
Bufflehead  10
Common Goldeneye  34
Red-breasted Merganser  6
Mourning Dove  9
Ring-billed Gull  50
Herring Gull  10
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Common Loon  2
Great Cormorant  1
Bald Eagle  7
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
House Sparrow  5
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S82099783
Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 20, 2021 8:58 AM – 10:59 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
40 species
Brant  7
Canada Goose  250
Mute Swan  4
Gadwall  13
Mallard  4
American Black Duck  150
Greater Scaup  1
Common Eider  100    Low
White-winged Scoter  2
Black Scoter  100    Low
Long-tailed Duck  3
Bufflehead  2
Common Goldeneye  4
Mourning Dove  1
Ring-billed Gull  10
Herring Gull  75
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Turkey Vulture  1
Northern Harrier  3
Bald Eagle  6    All distinctly different birds seen in relatively short period of time in different areas so no overlap.
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Snowy Owl  1    Osprey platform in marsh just south of “tollbooth” at entrance to Reservation.
American Crow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  1
Horned Lark  5
Red-breasted Nuthatch  4
European Starling  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  1
House Finch  2
Common Redpoll  20    Along entrance road
Red Crossbill  5    Flybys calling jip jip. Continuing birds in invasion year
White-winged Crossbill  2    Male and female in small group of pines on ocean side of main parking lot. Point blank looks. Crossed bills and prominent white wing bars clearly seen.
American Goldfinch  4
Snow Bunting  80    careful count and estimate.
American Tree Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  10
Song Sparrow  9
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S82099781
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 20, 2021 11:00 AM – 1:39 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
25 species
Canada Goose  200
Mallard  6
American Black Duck  200
Northern Pintail  1    Seen briefly in flight at Hellcat over marsh.
White-winged Scoter  14
Long-tailed Duck  5
Common Goldeneye  20
Hooded Merganser  2
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Horned Grebe  1
Red-necked Grebe  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  10
Herring Gull  100
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Northern Harrier  4
Bald Eagle  6    5 young birds all seen sitting in marsh across from Lot 1 boat ramp, sitting within 50 feet of one another and one distant bird over mainland at same time.
Rough-legged Hawk  2    One light and one dark morph.  Distant views but unmistakable.
Peregrine Falcon  1    Lot 1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Horned Lark  4
American Robin  3
Snow Bunting  2    Wardens
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  9
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1    Across from Wardens lot on main road.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S82099778

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    Cosponsored with Boxborough Birders. All the nesting birds will still be around, with good views of young out of the nest being fed by parents: Veery, Indigo Bunting, Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Bobolink, Wood Thrush, Baltimore Oriole, and Warblers. Expect to walk about 2 miles on trails through meadow and woods with some steep

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