Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Mar 31, 2018
Protocol: Historical
Comments: BBC Trip to Plum Island, Salisbury and Vicinity, led by Ida Giriunas with 6 participants
51 species
Brant 60
Canada Goose 110
Blue-winged Teal 3
Northern Shoveler 14 Recorded by BBC trip
Gadwall 2
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 20
Mallard 6
American Black Duck 40
Northern Pintail 20
Green-winged Teal 100
Ring-necked Duck 20
Greater Scaup 2
Common Eider 30
White-winged Scoter 6
Long-tailed Duck 1
Bufflehead 20
Common Merganser 2
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Common Loon 1
Great Cormorant 2
Great Egret 6
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 2
Wilson’s Snipe 1
Willet 2 Recorded by BBC trip
Bonaparte’s Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 20
Mourning Dove 6
Snowy Owl 1
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 6
Tree Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 15
American Tree Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 20
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 10
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 4
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