7 Seas Whale Watch Dock, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jul 22, 2017 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC Gloucester Whale Watch – Checklist includes the Harbor to Eastern Point Light
11 species
Canada Goose 2
Common Eider 25
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 45
Snowy Egret 1
Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 15
Peregrine Falcon 1
Fish Crow 3
Barn Swallow 8
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38612274
tellwagen Bank NMS, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US
Jul 22, 2017 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
60.0 mile(s)
Comments: Travel along the west edge of Stellwagen to the SW Corner and back
9 species (+1 other taxa)
Cory’s Shearwater 27
Great Shearwater 1
Sooty Shearwater 1
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel 124
Great Blue Heron 1 SW corner of Stellwagen. Pretty far offshore although Provincetown was visible.
peep sp. 14
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Herring Gull 30
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Common Tern 6
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38612279
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