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