Plum Island, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 20, 2019 8:31 AM – 12:47 PM

Comments: BBC Field Trip with guest speaker, Laura Erickson. Led by Neil Hayward.

49 species

Canada Goose 8

Mute Swan 3

Eurasian Wigeon 1

American Wigeon 20

Mallard 19

American Black Duck 46

Northern Pintail 5

Green-winged Teal 8

White-winged Scoter 22

Wild Turkey 5

Horned Grebe 4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8

Black-bellied Plover 3

Semipalmated Plover 25

Sanderling 5

Pectoral Sandpiper 1

Semipalmated Sandpiper 5

Long-billed Dowitcher 22 21 at North Pool Overlook, 1 at Hellcat. Rounded backs.

Greater Yellowlegs 5

Herring Gull 36

Red-throated Loon 1

Common Loon 2

Northern Gannet 21

Double-crested Cormorant 600

Great Blue Heron 2

Great Egret 6

Cooper’s Hawk 1

Red-tailed Hawk 1

Downy Woodpecker 1

Merlin 1

Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Along road between Wardens and North Pool Overlook. Flycatching. Dark Contopus flycatcher, with prominent buffy wingbars, dusky vest, large bill with pink base to lower mandible, no eye-ring and prominent crest. Silent. Photos.

Blue-headed Vireo 1

Blue Jay 6

American Crow 4

Black-capped Chickadee 2

Golden-crowned Kinglet 4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

European Starling 2

Northern Mockingbird 1

Hermit Thrush 1

American Robin 1

Cedar Waxwing 5

White-crowned Sparrow 1

White-throated Sparrow 3

Savannah Sparrow 4

Song Sparrow 3

Northern Parula 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler 32

Northern Cardinal 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S60829164

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