Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Salisbury, MA, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jan 12, 2025 7:14 AM – 9:39 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Sunny, little wind, mid tide rising.  Led BBC trip.

31 species

Canada Goose  35

Gadwall  2

Mallard  4

American Black Duck  38

Common Eider  60

Surf Scoter  2

White-winged Scoter  8    Probably many more in the heat shimmered distance.

Long-tailed Duck  11

Bufflehead  4

Common Goldeneye  2

Red-breasted Merganser  7

Sanderling  70

Ring-billed Gull  12

American Herring Gull  6

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Red-throated Loon  2

Common Loon  5

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Northern Harrier  1

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Red-breasted Nuthatch  2

European Starling  1

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Goldfinch  4

American Tree Sparrow  16

Dark-eyed Junco  5

White-crowned Sparrow  1    Continuing adult bird actively feeding on seed under Cedar.

White-throated Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S209162086

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