Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 18, 2020 8:03 AM – 10:36 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – Butterbutts and Skunkheads! Clear, calm, warming up to mid-50s

27 species

Common Eider  2

Surf Scoter  8

White-winged Scoter  12

Black Scoter  80    Flock o 55 almost in line, flock of 35 more in a V

Mourning Dove  1

Ring-billed Gull  3    Juvenile, fishing for minnows in the quarry

Herring Gull  4

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Northern Gannet  5    Way, way out toward Newbury and Isles of Shoals

Double-crested Cormorant  52    Flock of 50 flying in line close to water

Sharp-shinned Hawk  1    Flew directly over grout pile

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3    One female, and a pair stashing nuts in a dead tree

Downy Woodpecker  2

Blue Jay  11

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Tufted Titmouse  3

Red-breasted Nuthatch  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2    Heard only

Carolina Wren  2    Heard only

American Robin  18

Cedar Waxwing  8    Busy hunting bugs from a bare tree in Back 40

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  3

Dark-eyed Junco  3

Yellow-rumped Warbler  9

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S75034170