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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