Newburyport 12/13

From Jane Z:

We struck out on bald eagles this afternoon but had some very nice birds anyway under heavy overcast and eventual rain. Highlights:
SB = Salisbury Beach State Reservation
PI = Plum Island

common loon 1 SB
double-crested cormorant 2 SB
green-winged teal 1 SB
common eider 122 SB
long-tailed duck 4 SB beautiful fly-by
common goldeneye 1 SB
northern harrier 2 1 adult PI 1 juv. SB
red-tailed hawk 1
Bonaparte's gull 1 SB
SNOWY OWL 1 PI along the dike by the North Pool at Hellcat
cedar waxwing 4 courthouse parking lot
Am. tree sparrow 4 PI--gravel piles at Warden's
white-throated sparrow 2
snow bunting 2 Warden's gravel piles

Heard a report of two snow geese on Plum Island but could not relocate them in the near-dark.

Jane Zanichkowsky, Newton