King’s Beach, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Oct 6, 2024 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    A Brookline Bird Club walk led by Shilo McDonald. Tide coming in. High tide at 2:07 PM. Blue skies. Sunshine. Gentle breeze, 3 MPH. And unseasonably warm, 62 ºF.

14 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  10    Flying by.

American Black Duck  25    Estimate. A Life Bird for Harrison.

Greater Scaup  1    Adult male. Peak in front of head.

Greater/Lesser Scaup  1    Female. Distant.

Common Eider  14    Estimate. All females / immatures.

Surf Scoter  2    Both males. White patch present on the back of the neck.

White-winged Scoter  45    Estimate. A Life Bird for Harrison.

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  11    2 on the beach. Plus 9 flybys.

Semipalmated Plover  4

Ring-billed Gull  60    Estimate.

Herring Gull  44    Estimate.

Great Black-backed Gull  7

gull sp.  50    Distant. On Lynn Beach.

Merlin  1    Flying by. Heading in the direction of Lynn Beach.

American Crow  4    Walking the wrack line on the Swampscott side of King’s Beach.

House Sparrow  8    In the bushes across the street.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S197838525