[MASSBIRD] BBC trip Cape Ann Jan 21, 2023

[Linda Ferraresso]

A wonderful day of winter birding on Cape Ann with special visitors from
Connecticut, and the south shore.  A 'shaky' start but turned into a
great day.

Cape Ann (please use more refined location), Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 21, 2023 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
13.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC walk: 31 degrees, cloudy with light wind. Trip
started at Gloucester Harbor, then stops at Jodrey Fish Pier, Rocky
Neck, Niles Beach, Eastern Point, Elks Club, Pebbly Beach, Loblolly
Cove, Granite Pier, and Andrews Point. Due to the # of cars and flooding
on Brace Cove Rd, we were not able to visit Niles Pond/Brace Cove. It
was a bit icy to start, with some sleet but precipitation stopped, roads
were clear and it warmed up to the high 30's.
50 species

Canada Goose 85
Gadwall 15
Mallard 36
American Black Duck 33
Common Eider 125
Harlequin Duck 21
Surf Scoter 90
White-winged Scoter 37
Black Scoter 27
Long-tailed Duck 39
Bufflehead 83
Common Goldeneye 7
Red-breasted Merganser 53
Horned Grebe 6
Red-necked Grebe 12
Eared Grebe 1 Continuing, seen from Niles Beach
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 75
Mourning Dove 9
Ruddy Turnstone 7
Common Murre 3 Andrews Point, Rockport, at the end of Long Branch Ave.
Seen on the water moving NW One seen well showing black line through the
white in the face.Longer thinner bills than Thick-billed.
Razorbill 4 Andrews Point - end of Long Branch Ave
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 Pebbly Beach
Bonaparte's Gull 1 Andrew's Point, Rockport
Ring-billed Gull 50
Herring Gull 180
Iceland Gull 1 Pebbly Beach
Great Black-backed Gull 66
Red-throated Loon 2
Common Loon 22
Northern Gannet 4
Great Cormorant 19
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 25
American Crow 35
Black-capped Chickadee 14
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 6
European Starling 50
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 100
House Sparrow 50
House Finch 25
American Goldfinch 3
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 15
Northern Cardinal 7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S126762832

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

--
Linda Ferraresso
Salem, MA
tattler1(at)comcast(dot)net

"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark" - Tagore