Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

Feb 27, 2021 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

8.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Snow, then rain mixed with snow, or just rain, winds 10-15 mph. 33-42 degrees F. Visibility fairly poor. Five hardy birders joined me for various stops in Cohasset and Scituate.

30 species (+1 other taxa)

Brant  6

Canada Goose  36

Mute Swan  5

Mallard  22

American Black Duck  14

Common Eider  8

White-winged Scoter  16

Black Scoter  13

Bufflehead  26

Common Goldeneye  2

Red-breasted Merganser  15

Wild Turkey  8    Crossing Route 3A in North Cohasset

Red-necked Grebe  1

Mourning Dove  3

Herring Gull  12

Great Blue Heron  2    1 seen in a small pool behind Egypt Beach, 1 flying across Herring River, McEachern Park

Red-tailed Hawk  1    Seen bringing a stick to a nest atop an evergreen, old cemetery, Joy Place (overlooking Little Harbor), Cohasset

Buteo sp.  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  10

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Tufted Titmouse  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  4

House Sparrow  6

House Finch  8

Song Sparrow  2

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S82547448