Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Feb 24, 2018
Protocol: Historical
Comments: BBC trip to Plum Island and Salisbury, Ida Giriunas, leader
30 species
Brant 12
Canada Goose 100
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 6
American Black Duck 14
Common Eider 200
Surf Scoter 1
White-winged Scoter 50
Black Scoter 4
Long-tailed Duck 4
Bufflehead 6
Common Goldeneye 50
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Pacific Loon 1 Recorded by BBC trip
Horned Grebe 2
Great Cormorant 1
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Sanderling 50
Purple Sandpiper 2
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 40
Mourning Dove 2
Snowy Owl 2
American Crow 12
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46094596
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